| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part I. | | XXX. Unto thy favour (which when Nature formed | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | UNTO thy favour (which when Nature formed, | |
| She went beyond herself with cunning hand), | |
| I may compare what is, in world, adorned | |
| With beauty most; and with most grace doth stand. | |
| But every mortal whiteness, ne’er so white, | 5 |
| The ivory white of thy white hand exceeds: | |
| So that my soul, which doth fair whiteness like, | |
| Rests on fair whiteness, and on whiteness feeds. | |
| For this is thought, and hoped of from thee: | |
| White as thy hands, so white thy faith shall be. | 10 | | | |
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