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Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.

Laura—Part I

XXXIII. Since thou hast changed thy gown and thine attire

Robert Tofte (1561–1620)

SINCE thou hast changed thy gown and thine attire;

Ah, change thy thoughts! not always cruel be!

And with new clothes, put on a new desire!

That new, in every point, I may thee see:

And if thou heretofore unkind hast been;

Be courteous now, and gentle be thou seen!

Thy glory great, thy praise more shalt thou find;

If, of unconstant, constant thou become!

And of a foe, a faithful friend and kind!

Then change henceforth thy thoughts! else I, undone.

Give me that colour which so likes mine eyen!

If death, then black: if life, then carnatine [rosy red].