| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part II. | | XXXIV. Rivers unto the Sea do tribute pay | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | RIVERS unto the Sea do tribute pay. | |
| A most unconstant moving Sea art thou! | |
| And I, within mine eyes, bedewèd aye, | |
| A River hold of bitter tears as now. | |
| Receive then, from these moistened cheeks of mine, | 5 |
| Into thy lap, the water forth I pour! | |
| Of duty mine, and of thy debt, a sign: | |
| And mix together with my sweet, thy sour! | |
| So shall the water to the water be | |
| More precious; and the Sea, more rich to th’ Sea. | 10 | | | |
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