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The Psalms of David (Psalms 44–150) · c. 1586–1599 (first printed 1823)

Psalm 133 (Ecce quam bonum)

by Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke 1561–1621


How good, and how beseeming well
It is that we,
Who brethren be,
As brethren, should in concord dwell.

Like that deere oile that Aron beares,
Which fleeting down
To foote from crown
Embalms his beard and robe he weares.

Or like the teares the morne doth shedd,
Which ly on ground
Empearled round
On Sion or on Hermons head.

For join'd therewith the Lord doth give
Such grace, such blisse:
That where it is
Men may for ever blessed live.

MLA

Herbert, Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke. The Psalms of David (Psalms 44–150), Psalm 133 (Ecce quam bonum). Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/pembroke-psalms/110/.

Chicago

Herbert, Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke. The Psalms of David (Psalms 44–150), Psalm 133 (Ecce quam bonum). Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/pembroke-psalms/110/.

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