| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | Advice against Travel | | By James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849) |
| | | TRAVERSE not the globe for lore! The sternest | |
| But the surest teacher is the heart; | |
| Studying that and that alone, thou learnest | |
| Best and soonest whence and what thou art. | |
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| Moor, Chinese, Egyptian, Russian, Roman, | 5 |
| Tread one common down-hill path of doom; | |
| Everywhere the names are man and woman, | |
| Everywhere the old sad sins find room. | |
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| Evil angels tempt us in all places. | |
| What but sands or snows hath earth to give? | 10 |
| Dream not, friend, of deserts and oases; | |
| But look inwards, and begin to live! | | | | |
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