Hayward's poetic allusions troubled his imagination, and his soul yearned for romance.

My soul yearns for the love of chamber-maids and the conversation of bishops.

There is a touch of Dirk Pitt in every man whose soul yearns for adventure.

At times the body is too narrow for him: the soul yearns for its Father in Heaven, and would break through the earthly shell.

The soul is oriented towards God and yearns to communicate with him.

He groaned and his soul yearned for her.

One that you will never own - though your soul yearns for it.

But both body and soul yearned for freedom.

"My soul yearned for travel and traffic".

Had his soul yearned for something wilder, more exhilarating, something that challenged the mind and disturbed the heart?