I am looking for the author and proper wording of this quote I was told it is Thomas Moore but have had no luck

" I know this place, I have been here before, I know the grass outside the door nd the lights along the shore

Nothing seems to gel with the clues you have given. There is a strong resemblance to
Let the Lower Lights Be Burning by Philip P. Bliss (1871)
http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Let_the_Lower_Lights_Be_Burning/
"Brightly beams our Father's mercy from His lighthouse evermore,
But to us he gives the keeping of the lights along the shore."
~ from the hymn “Let The Lower Lights Be Burning”
http://www.midcoast.com/~chestnut/serm0312.html
http://www.abcog.org/music/hymn120.txt

quote:

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LET THE LOWER LIGHTS
by P.P. Bliss
Brightly beams our Fathers mercy
From his Lighthouse evermore,
But to us he gives a keeping
Of the lights along the shore.
Let the lower lights be burning
Send a gleam across the wave,
Some poor fainting, struggling seaman
You may rescue you may save.
~ from a webpage of 4H songs
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~henry30/4hsongs.html

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