| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part I. | | XIV. The swift Meander, turning, winds so fast | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | THE SWIFT Meander, turning, winds so fast, | |
| And with his stream in circle-wise so runs; | |
| That, wanton-like, from whence he springs, at last, | |
| Back to his fountain-head again he comes. | |
| In me, a river huge of tears, from heart | 5 |
| To watery eyes ascend; from whence they flow, | |
| And running down, do from mine eyes depart, | |
| Descending to my heart again below. | |
| So that, through virtue of most mighty Love, | |
| In heart, a new Meander I do prove. | 10 | | | |
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