Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.
Laura—Part IIXXXIV. Rivers unto the Sea do tribute pay
Robert Tofte (1561–1620)R
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,
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.