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
Hope
A quote by Thomas Moore
From the source
Ballad Stanzas.
Recorded in John Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, 1905 printing.