Ellen Sturgis Hooper

thumb|Portrait of Ellen Sturgis Hooper, painted by James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Ellen Sturgis Hooper (February 17, 1812 – November 3, 1848) was an American poet, whose work is occasionally reprinted in anthologies. Quotes 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 beA truth and noonday light to thee. Life a Duty, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "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", William Maccall (c. 1830). External links Category:1812 births Category:1848 deaths Category:Women authors from the United States Category:Poets from Boston Category:19th-century poets from the United States