When Israel, of the Lord belov'd,

Out of the land of bondage came,

Her fathers' God before her mov'd,

An awful guide in smoke and flame.

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832): Ivanhoe. Chap. xxxix.

Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot

Which men call earth.

John Milton (1608-1674): Comus. Line 5.

There is no fire without some smoke.

John Heywood (Circa 1565): Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. v.

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 (1779-1852): Ballad Stanzas.