| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part III. | | IV. Pardoned of every wicked fact was he | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | PARDONED of every wicked fact was he, | |
| To HEBE’s Temple that, with prayers, came: | |
| And, of such grace in sign, his bonds, as free, | |
| He left hung up on high within the same. | |
| I, Lady, errèd have; and humbly come | 5 |
| To thee, who art the Temple fair of Love: | |
| Off’ring to thee my prayers, all and some, | |
| To free me from my faults, thy heart let move! | |
| In token of which gift, with thee I’ll leave | |
| My jealous thoughts; wherewith I did thee grieve. | 10 | | | |
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