Exultation is the going 1
Of an inland soul to sea,
Past the houses－past the headlands－
Into deep Eternity－
Bred as we, among the mountains,
Can the sailor understand
The divine intoxication
Of the first league out from land?
Of an inland soul to sea,
Past the houses－past the headlands－
Into deep Eternity－
Bred as we, among the mountains,
Can the sailor understand
The divine intoxication
Of the first league out from land?
(F.143/J.76)
[1] Exultation:: joyful, lively (sailing to a new land).
[2] inland soul:: a Highland heart.
[3] headlands:: a hint on highlands.
[5] Bred, mountains:: highlanders, inhabitants of the Highlands of Scotland.
[7] intoxication:: nausea.
[8] league:: a league is about three miles.
"no fewer than ten vessels sailed from Britain with Scottish Highlanders emigrating to the American states. ─ The History of the Rise and Progress of the United States of North America (1836)
But it is herself God has blessed with a warm Higliland heart. ─ Clan-Albin: A National Tale (1815)