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Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.

Laura—Part II

XXVIII. The Crow makes war with the Chameleon

Robert Tofte (1561–1620)

THE CROW makes war with the Chameleon;

And, being hurt, to th’ laurel straight doth fly:

And, through the fruit he findeth thereupon,

Is healed of hurt, finds food, and lives thereby.

LOVE the Chameleon is; the Crow am I:

And battle wage with him unto the death.

He wounds me deadly; whereupon I hie

To thee, my LAURAL! to restore my breath.

Thou me reviv’st. Such virtue’s in thee rife

As thou, at once, dost give me food and life.