| Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845. | | | | Psalme CXXXIII | | VI. Sir Philip Sidney and the Countess of Pembroke |
| | Ecce quam bonum.
HOW good, and how beseeming well | |
| It is that we, | |
| Who brethren be, | |
| As brethren should in concord dwell! | |
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| Like that deere oile that Aron beares, | 5 |
| Which fleeting down | |
| To foote from crown | |
| Embalms his beard and robe he weares. | |
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| Or like the teares the morne doth shedd, | |
| Which ly on ground | 10 |
| Empearled round, | |
| On Sion or on Hermon’s head. | |
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| For join’d therewith the Lord doth give | |
| Such grace, such blisse, | |
| That where it is | 15 |
| Men may for ever blessed live. | | | | |
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