Two Pastorals

Made by Sir Philip Sidney, upon his meeting with his two worthy friends and fellow poets, Sir Edward Dyer and M. Fulke Greville.     Join mates in mirth to me,     Grant pleasure to our meeting;     Let Pan, our good god, see     How grateful is our greeting.     Join hearts and hands, so let it be,     Make but one mind in bodies three.     Ye hymns and singing skill     Of god Apollo's giving,     Be pressed our reeds to fill     With sound of music living.     Join hearts and hands, so let it be,     Make but one mind in bodies three.     Sweet Orpheus' harp, whose sound     The stedfast mountains moved,     Let there thy skill abound,     To join sweet friends beloved.     Join hearts and hands, so let it be,     Make but one mind in bodies three.     My two and I be met,     A happy blessed trinity,     As three more jointly set     In firmest band of unity.     Join hearts and hands, so let it be,     Make but one mind in bodies three.     Welcome my two to me,     The number best beloved,     Within my heart you be     In friendship unremoved.     Join hearts and hands, so let it be,     Make but one mind in bodies three.     Give leave your flocks to range,     Let us the while be playing;     Within the elmy grange,     Your flocks will not be straying.     Join hearts and hands, so let it be,     Make but one mind in bodies three.     Cause all the mirth you can,     Since I am now come hither,     Who never joy, but when     I am with you together.     Join hearts and hands, so let it be,     Make but one mind in bodies three.     Like lovers do their love,     So joy I in you seeing:     Let nothing me remove     From always with you being.     Join hearts and hands, so let it be,     Make but one mind in bodies three.     And as the turtle dove     To mate with whom he liveth,     Such comfort fervent love     Of you to my heart giveth.     Join hearts and hands, so let it be,     Make but one mind in bodies three.     Now joined be our hands,     Let them be ne'er asunder,     But link'd in binding bands     By metamorphosed wonder.     So should our severed bodies three     As one for ever joined be.