Wittes pilgrimage, (by poeticall essaies) through a vvorld of amorous sonnets, soule-passions, and other passages, diuine, philosophicall, morall, poeticall, and politicall. By Iohn Dauies

A Dump vpon the death of the most noble Henrie late Earle of Pembrooke.

DEath, hath depriud 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of my deerest friend; My Deerest friend is dead, and laid in Graue: 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Graue He rests vntill the World shall end: The World shall end, and end shall all I hings haue: All Things haue end, on Earth, that Nature wrought; That Nature wrought shall vnto Dust be brought: To Dust be brought the worthiest Wights on Ground; On Ground who liues, in Ground consume he must: Consume he must whom ••rorow doth confound: Sorrow doth confound the Mind that Care doth rust: That Care doth rust, full soone Care will deuour▪ Care will deuour where Care hath greatest powr: Where Care hath greatest powr it frets the Heart: It frets the Heart, and doth perplex the Spirit: The Spirit perplext ptocures the Bodies ••mart: The Bodies smart doth quite expell delight: Expell delight, then Life is like to Death: To Death I yeeld▪ yet cannot lose my Breath: My Breath, why did it not forsake me than: Me than, eun then, when that my friend deceast: My friend deceast, eun as my Ioyes began: My Ioyes began, eun as my Ioyes surceast: My Ioyes surceast eun as my friend did dy. My friend did die, and so would God might I.