| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part I. | | XL. No more a man, as once I was, am I | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | NO more a man, as once I was, am I: | |
| Since this new CIRCE, moved by fierce disdain, | |
| Hath changed me to a Fountain never dry; | |
| Wherein myself, with bitter tears I bain [? bathe] | |
| Then am I one who always eyes do bear; | 5 |
| And breast of water flowing only full. | |
| Take heed, you Lovers all, of her! and fear | |
| The sugared baits of this deceitful Trull! | |
| Lest by this CIRCE new, you be deceived, | |
| As I have been; and be of shape bereaved. | 10 | | | |
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