| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part I. | | XVI. If lovely Lass, for Fairing thine, of me | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | IF lovely Lass, for Fairing thine, of me | |
| Gold, in this Fair, thou meanest for to have; | |
| Then give me of thy hairs! which golden be. | |
| Give unto me! since thou of me dost crave. | |
| Nor by this bargain, shalt thou loss sustain; | 5 |
| Or ought hereby shalt hindered be, sweet Wench! | |
| Since I, to courteous thee, do give again, | |
| As thankful, gold; for gold in recompence. | |
| Thy treasure, so shall mine be; mine, as thine: | |
| Nor shall th’ exchange be worse than gold most fine. | 10 | | | |
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