| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part II. | | XXV. O that I were sly Proteus! for to take | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | O THAT I were sly PROTEUS! for to take | |
| On me that form which most I like or wish: | |
| Then would I change myself unto the shape | |
| Of that thy little whelp, thy joy and bliss. | |
| Into that little worm thou so dost like; | 5 |
| And dallying, play’st with him both day and night. | |
| Those savoury smacks, those busses, sweet which be, | |
| Which thou to him dost give, should all be mine: | |
| And I would make my heart to leap for glee; | |
| Whilst I did lick that bosom fair of thine. | 10 |
| But since I to despair of this am brought: | |
| My wish shall PROTEUS be; thy dog, my thought! | | | | |
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