Quote#Hope
I knew, by the smoke that so gracefully curl'd
Quote byThomas Moore · 1779–1852
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Ballad Stanzas..
English (original)
I knew, by the smoke that so gracefully curl'd Above the green elms, that a cottage was near; And I said, "If there's peace to be found in the world, A heart that was humble might hope for it here."
— Thomas Moore
More from Thomas Moore
Self is the medium thro' which Judgment's ray Can seldom pass without being turned astray.
Faintly as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time.
Just as the mind the erring sense believes, The erring mind, in turn, the sense deceives.
Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past.
And oh if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this!
Patience lingers o'er the weedy shore, And, mutely waiting till the storm be o'er, Turns to young Hope, who still directs his eye To some blue spot, just breaking in the sky!