| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part II. | | XXVIII. The Crow makes war with the Chameleon | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | THE CROW makes war with the Chameleon; | |
| And, being hurt, to th’ laurel straight doth fly: | |
| And, through the fruit he findeth thereupon, | |
| Is healed of hurt, finds food, and lives thereby. | |
| LOVE the Chameleon is; the Crow am I: | 5 |
| And battle wage with him unto the death. | |
| He wounds me deadly; whereupon I hie | |
| To thee, my LAURAL! to restore my breath. | |
| Thou me reviv’st. Such virtue’s in thee rife | |
| As thou, at once, dost give me food and life. | 10 | | | |
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