| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part III. | | XVIII. If, cruel, thou desirous art of blood | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | IF, cruel, thou desirous art of blood; | |
| Behold how I do bleed in streaming wise! | |
| Glut then thyself therewith, if thou think good; | |
| And do content, with blood, thy bloody eyes! | |
| From breast it comes, where fainting heart doth lie; | 5 |
| And for a gift, I it present to thee! | |
| Although I know, through this, I soon shall die; | |
| And yet to die it little grieveth me: | |
| Since ’tis my wish, my blood with soul as one | |
| May rest; and that’s with thee, or else with none. | 10 | | | |
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