| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part II. | | XXXI. Unto an Image may I right compare | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | UNTO an Image may I right compare | |
| My Mistress, since so cruel She ’s to me: | |
| Which standeth for a sign or shadow fair; | |
| To which the simple ignorant bow with knee: | |
| And though with eyes, mouth, ears, and feet it show; | 5 |
| Yet doth it neither see, talk, hear, or go. | |
| So plays my Choice, when I appear in sight: | |
| Nor see, nor speak, nor hear, nor stay She will. | |
| So as an Idol, She resembleth right; | |
| Blind, mute, deaf, moveless, senseless standing still. | 10 |
| Then am not I worse than a lifeless block; | |
| To worship such a painted coloured stock. Fiorenza. | | | | |
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