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."


Ballad Stanzas. - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

Thomas Moore Quotes

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...