<p>When Ganymed, himselfe was purifying,<lb/> Great Iupiter, his naked beauty spying,<lb/> Sent forth his Aegle (from below to take him)<lb/> A blest Inhabitant, in Heav'n to make him:<lb/> And, there (as Poets feigned) he doth still,<lb/> To Iove, and other God-heads, Nectar fill.<lb/> Though this be but a Fable, of their feigning,<lb/> The Morall is a Reall truth, pertayning<lb/> To ev'ry one (which harbours a desire<lb/> Above the Starry Circles, to aspire.)<lb/> By Ganymed, the Soule is understood,<lb/> That's washed in the Purifying flood<lb/> Of sacred Baptisme (which doth make her seeme<lb/> Both pure and beautifull, in God's esteeme.)<lb/> The Aegle, meanes that Heav'nly Contemplation,<lb/> Which, after Washings of Regeneration,<lb/> Lifts up the Minde, from things that earthly bee,<lb/> To view those Objects, which Faith's Eyes doe see.<lb/> The Nectar, which is filled out, and given<lb/> To all the blest Inhabitants of Heaven,<lb/> Are those Delights, which ( Christ hath sayd) they have,<lb/> When some Repentant soule beginnes to leave<lb/> Her foulnesse; by renewing of her birth,<lb/> And, slighting all the Pleasures of the Earth.<lb/> I aske not, Lord, those Blessings to receive,<lb/> Which any Man hath pow'r to take, or give;<lb/> Nor, what this World affords; for, I contemne<lb/> Her Favours; and have seene the best of them:<lb/> Nay, Heav'n it selfe, will unsufficient bee,<lb/> Vnlesse, Thou, also, give Thy selfe, to mee.<lb/> </p>

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Ganymede carried away by Jupiter's eagle (or Jupiter in the form of an eagle)

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<p>NON EST MORTALE QUOD OPTO.</p>

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<p>Take wing, my Soule, and mount up higher;<lb/> For, Earth, fulfills not my Desire.</p>

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