| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part III. | | XIV. With gold and rubies glistereth her small hand | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | WITH gold and rubies glistereth her small hand; | |
| But if you match them with her lips or hair, | |
| They seem withouten brightness for to stand: | |
| The others have such lively colours fair. | |
| O worthy Beauty! peerless A PER SE! | 5 |
| To whom all other Beauties are most vile. | |
| O fairness such as fairer none can be! | |
| Thou grace itself, of graciousness dost spoil! | |
| With rubies, thou right rubies dost disgrace! | |
| With gold, bright gold thou stainest in his place! | 10 | | | |
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