unquench'd

Updated: August 3, 2026

To those who inquire what pleasures I can derive from the invigorating spirit of travelling under the privation I suffer, I may be permitted to reply in the words of the poet, Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame, Catch every nerve, and vibrate through the frame; Their level life is but a smouldering fire, Unquench'd by want, unfanned by strong desire.

James Holman - A Voyage Round the World, Volume I : Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832