Ellen Sturgis Hooper. 1816-1841. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Ellen Sturgis Hooper. (1816–1841)

I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty;
I woke, and found that life was Duty. 1
Was thy dream then a shadowy lie?
Toil on, poor heart, unceasingly;
And thou shalt find thy dream to be
A truth and noonday light to thee.

Life a Duty.

Note 1.
William Maccall (c. 1830):
Straight is the line of Duty,
Curved is the line of Beauty,
Follow the straight line, thou hall see
The curved line ever follow thee. [back]

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