Possible Clues:

• A verse found in stolen letters that's very attractive
• Adores in solitary what's the focus of attention
• PIece of magnetite
• It was used to make the first compass
• Form of magnetite that exhibits polarity, behaving, when freely suspended, as a magnet
• See good chap over in valley who's the focus of attention?
• Lake poems with quality must be a magnet
• Something that attracts many on the air -- quality
• At a loose end, but not as loose as a possessor of natural magnetism
• Loot needs shifting: all eyes are on it