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Spontaneously to God should turn the soul, Like the magnetic needle to the pole; But what were that intrinsic virtue worth. Suppose some fellow, with more zeal than knowledge, Fresh from St. Andrew's College, Should nail the conscious needle to the north?
Spontaneously to God should turn the soul, Like the magnetic needle to the pole; But what were that intrinsic virtue worth. Suppose some fellow, with more zeal than knowledge, Fresh from St. Andrew's College, Should nail the conscious needle to the north?
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Printed page 392 · quotation 9 · Hood · Poem addressed to Roe Wilson
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