Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.
Laura—Part IIXXXII. Both gems, and pearls, their proper value have
Robert Tofte (1561–1620)B
But yet unlike: for not alike ’s their price.
Some sought for are, and each one doth them crave;
Others, more base, do pass in worthless wise.
A jewel rich, and princelike gem, is She
Whom I esteem; and such account of make:
Yet in herself no price hath for to see.
For it is holden at so high a rate
As all the gold, nor silver, which doth lie
In th’ earth, or sea, the same, at worth, can buy.