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Ellen Sturgis Hooper Quotes

1812–1848 United States

Ellen Sturgis Hooper (February 17, 1812 – November 3, 1848) was an American poet, whose work is occasionally reprinted in anthologies.

United States
19th-century poets
Authors
Poets

Also known as: Hooper, Ellen Sturgis

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I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty;
I woke, and found that life was Duty.
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.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ellen Sturgis Hooper (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.