| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part III. | | VIII. In Love his kingdom great, two Fools there be | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | IN LOVE his kingdom great, two Fools there be: | |
| My Lady’s one; myself the other am. | |
| The fond behaviour of both, which to see; | |
| Whoso but nicely marks, will say the same. | |
| Foolish our thoughts are. Foolish, our desire. | 5 |
| Foolish our hearts in Fancy’s flame to fry. | |
| Foolish to burn in Love’s hot scorching fire. | |
| But what? Fools are we none. My tongue doth lie. | |
| For who most foolish is, and fond, in love; | |
| More wiser far than others, oft doth prove. | 10 | | | |
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