George Withers' Emblemes

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Take inng, my Soule, and mount up higher j
For, Earth,fulfills not my Defire.
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Hen Ganymtd, himfelfe was purifying,
Great lufiter, his naked beauty fpying,
Sent forth his *^gle (from below to take him)
Ableft Inhabitant, in Heav'n to make him
And, there (as Poets feigned) he doth ftilJ,
To /fi^and other Ged beads , Neclar fill.
Though this be but a Fable, of their feigning,
The MoraH is a ReaM truth, pertayning
Toev'ry one (which harbours a defire
Above the Starry Circles, to afpire.)
By Gattymedythc Soule is understood,
That's warned in the Purifying pod
Of facrcd Baptifme (which doth make her feemc
Both pure and beautifull, in Gad's cftcenme.)
The ts£gle, meanes that Heav'nly Contemplation,
Which, after Warnings of Regeneration,
Lifts up the Mindt, from things that earthly bee,
To view thofe Ob\e£ls, which Faiths Eyes doc fee.
The Neftar, which is filled out, and given
To all the bleft Inhabitants of Heaven,
Are thofe Deltghts, which {Chriff hath ftyd) they have,
When fome Repentant foulc beginnes to leave
Her fonlnefTe ; by renewing of her bitth,
And, flighting all the Plenfilm of the Earth.
I aske nor, Lord, thofe Blefsings to receive,
Which any Man hath pow'r to take, or give ;
Nor, what this World affords ;
for, I contemne
Her Favours * and have feene the belt of them
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fleav'n itfelfe, will unfufficient bee,
Vnleflc, Th$u, alfo, give Tbyfelfe, to mee.
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