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By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison

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TO WONDERSEEKERS.

Yea! Miracles are wrought (and none shall make
Me change my Faith) by common Agencies!

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The dovelike Glance shot from a Maiden's Eyes
Its stubborn Purpose from the Soul can take,
And bid it to its inmost Centre shake,
When Thunders, bellowing thro' th' affrighted Skies,
Would find it calm: herein we recognize
A Power, ever jealously awake
Within the human Soul, there to maintain
Of divine Things the due Supremacy:
These hold Communication, and reply
By Means which Sense would penetrate in vain,
Godlike to Godlike speaking, and still by
The Spirit Spirit loving to constrain!