| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part II. | | XVIII. My Laura wonders that, in visage pale | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | MY LAURA wonders that, in visage pale, | |
| I bear of Death itself, the lively show: | |
| But if She muse at this, her musing ’s stale; | |
| For this sad colour had I long ago. | |
| The fire, close burning in my veins, doth make | 5 |
| That outward ashes in my face you view: | |
| But if that She would on me pity take, | |
| Who is the cause of this my palish hue, | |
| This kindled heat shall die, which now doth burn; | |
| And my first colour shall again return. | 10 | | | |
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