| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part II. | | XXXVII. An ocean Sea of water calm am I | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | AN OCEAN Sea of water calm am I; | |
| Wherein kind LOVE the form of Fish doth take, | |
| Leaping alongst the shore most wantonly. | |
| Then, Lady, of a Fisher don the shape! | |
| Ah, what sweet fishing shall you have to like; | 5 |
| If LOVE you chance to catch, while he doth bite? | |
| Come then, and naked into this water hie! | |
| He cannot ’scape; but, here, perforce must bide! | |
| ’Less to my heart, to save himself, he fly. | |
| Then quickly strip thyself! Lay fear aside! | 10 |
| For of this dainty prey, which thou shalt take; | |
| Both Sea, Fish, and Thyself, thou glad shalt make. | | | | |
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