| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part II. | | XIX. Whilst foaming steed I spur unto the quick | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | WHILST foaming steed I spur unto the quick, | |
| To make him gallop to my Love amain: | |
| Love doth my thoughts, through Fancy, forward prick; | |
| The end of wishèd journey mine to gain. | |
| But light ’s his hurt! ’Tis but a little smart! | 5 |
| Where mine is mortal, sounding to the heart. | |
| Run then, my gelding swift, like Pegasus! | |
| Fly hence with wings! for wings hath my desire: | |
| Both of us, forced amain, are forward thus, | |
| And kindled in us is a burning fire. | 10 |
| Thou, through two spurs in flank, provoked art sore: | |
| But thousands inwardly, my heart do gore. | | | | |
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