 | 1854 - 794 pages
...lore of God in him -.'" The same truth is most beautifully taught by the poet in the following lines: "Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold. And to the presence in the room he said, ' What writest thou ?' The vision raised its head,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1854 - 388 pages
...whose soft heart sings In unison with ours, breeding its future wings. ABOTJ BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...writing in a book of gold : Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold ; And to the presence in the room he said, " What writest thou ? " The vision raised his... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1854 - 374 pages
...soft heart sings In unison with ours, breeding its future wings. ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. Ainu BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night...writing in a book of gold : Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold ; And to the presence in the room he said, " What writest thou ? " The vision raised his... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1855 - 382 pages
...French of if. de Saint Foix. (Lond. 1767.) Vol. ip 149. St. Foix quotes from Brantoine. ABOU BEN ADHEM. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...a book of gold : — Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, " What writest thou V — The vision rais'd its... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pages
...develop, not destroy, Far better than a barren Joy. Q ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. — Leigh Hunt. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...writing in a book of gold ; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold ; And to the presence in the room he said, " What writest thou ? " The vision raised his... | |
 | 1855 - 458 pages
...develop, not destroy, Far better than a barren Joy. Q ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. — Leigh Hunt. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...in bloom, • An angel, writing in a book of gold ; Exceedmg peace had made Ben Adhem bold ; And to the presence in the room he said, " What writest... | |
 | Laura Greenwood - 1855 - 294 pages
...His daily prayer, far better understood In acts than words, was simply doing good. Abou Ben Adheim (may his tribe increase) Awoke one night from a deep...lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. i Exceeding peace had made Ben Adheim bold, And to the presence in his room he said, " What writest... | |
 | Richard Wright Procter - 1855 - 490 pages
...MIDDLESEX, OCTORER 19, 1784. AROU Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a sweet dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his...writing in a book of gold ; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold : And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou ?" The vision raised its head,... | |
 | Charles John Andersson - 1856 - 612 pages
...the love of our own species. This Divine doctrine recalls those beautiful lines by Leigh Hunt:— " ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...in a book of gold :— Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, ' What writest thou f—The vision raised its... | |
 | 1893 - 404 pages
...Leigh Hunt, you ought to be familiar with it. And that you may have it if you want it, here it is: ' Abou Ben Adhem — may his tribe increase! — Awoke...writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in that room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head;... | |
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ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to... 
