| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part III. | | XXXV. When I, of my sweet Laura leave did take | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | WHEN I, of my sweet LAURA leave did take: | |
| Fair Fano’s city, for a while to leave: | |
| She gave to me, to wear it for her sake, | |
| Of gold and pearl a dainty woven wreath. | |
| Dear was the gift; because for love it came: | 5 |
| But dearer more; ’cause She gave me the same. | |
| I look on ’t still, and kiss it as my joy; | |
| Kissing and bussing it, with it I play: | |
| Which, at one instant, brings me mirth and ’noy; | |
| And sighing oft thus to myself I say: | 10 |
| “White pearls are these; yet hath her mouth more fair! | |
| Fine gold is this; yet finer is her hair!” Fano. | | | | |
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