A Passionat ELEGIE Vpon His Long-endeared Friend, Daniel Caldwal Esq
A Heart high swoln with grief in this sad Verse,
Lets fall these brackish tears upon thy Herse,
Distill'd from that pure Salt of long-bred Love,
Which twice ten Summers did betwixt us move.
O how my Soul doth melt when my Thoughts run
Upon those days our friendship first begun
Among the Muses on fair Isis banks,
Where Youth doth play so many sportful pranks;
When Liberty ore-aw'd by Tutors frown,
And Mirth half-stoln is far more pleasing known.
From Isis to the Thames Affections flew,
And with new sparks of Love still hotter grew:
Nere Damon to his Pythias prov'd more dear
Then Dan to Me; nere shin'd their love more clear.