| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 7186 |
| AUTHOR: | Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1816–1841) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | 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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