| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part II. | | I. If I somewhile look up into the Skies | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | IF I somewhile look up into the Skies, | |
| I see, fair Lady, that same cheerful light; | |
| Which, like to you, doth shine in glorious wise: | |
| And if on th’ Earth, I chance to cast my sight; | |
| The moveless centre firm to me doth show | 5 |
| The hardness which within your heart doth grow. | |
| If Seas I view, the flowing waves most plain | |
| Your fickle faith do represent to me. | |
| So as I still behold you, to my pain; | |
| When as the Skies, or th’ Earth, or Seas I see: | 10 |
| For in your seemly self doth plain appear | |
| Like faith; like hardness; and like brightness clear. | | | | |
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