XXXIX.

But after all they are a North-West Passage

Unto the glowing India of the soul;

And as the good ships sent upon that message

Have not exactly ascertained the Pole

(Though Parry's efforts look a lucky presage),[MC]Thus gentlemen may run upon a shoal;

For if the Pole's not open, but all frost

(A chance still), 't is a voyage or vessel lost.

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