Sal Lumen and Spiritus Mundi Philosophici

How those divine eyes weep their influences To animate bodies with heavenly essences; How from the subtlest of those pearly tears The exquisite enamel of spring flowers is made, From the less subtle the leaf, and from the grossest the bark, Which keeps the tree strong despite the seasons; How the one universal spirit of the world Produces a threefold seed, yet is equal within all; How in its purity it brings forth precious stones, And forms gold within the bowels of the earth; Then how this spirit is extracted from every body To oppose the blows of the death-dealing dart.