| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part II. | | III. If whilom, in times past, that Spartan Lass | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | IF whilom, in times past, that Spartan Lass | |
| (“The Flower of Greece,” Dan PARIS’s costly joy) | |
| Through her fair feature, the only causer was, | |
| So many Knights were slain at Siege of Troy: | |
| Thou, LAURA, art unlike unto her far! | 5 |
| In this our Age, a much more blessed star. | |
| For she brought Wars, Strife, Death, and Cruelty; | |
| Where thou, alone, bring’st Peace and Pleasure still. | |
| Ah, happy thrice, that ligs in love with thee! | |
| And if, by chance, un’wares, thou sometimes kill: | 10 |
| Thou, with thy smile, the wound canst heal again; | |
| And give him life, whom thou before hadst slain. Pisa. | | | | |
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