| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part I. | | XV. Thou stranger, who with wand’ring steps dost wend | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | THOU stranger, who with wand’ring steps dost wend, | |
| Thy gazing eyes turn quickly unto me! | |
| And to my speech, with list’ning ear attend! | |
| In whom four Elements united be. | |
| Mark well; and, as a wonder, tell the same | 5 |
| Of CUPID’s force! poor Lovers’ TAMBURLAINE! | |
| First this my body ’s Earth, and earth most cold. | |
| The Fire within my heart, in covert lies. | |
| The Air ’s my sighs. Mine eyes do Waters hold. | |
| Thus for my Saint, he doth me martyrize. | 10 |
| Earth is my body; (Strange seems not this same?) | |
| The Air, my sighs; eyes, Water; heart, the Flame. | | | | |
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