 | 1856 - 754 pages
...ear, Like parting wings of cherubim, Who say, " We 've finish'd here.' Abou 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 rais'd its head.... | |
 | Charles John Andersson - 1856 - 560 pages
...tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, PHILANTHROPY JONKER MEXOBABLE MH. BAM. 341 And saw, within the moonlight in his room, Making...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,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 436 pages
...the dome the only light came in, Tinged, as it enter'd, with the vine-leaves thin. 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?" — The Vision rais'd its... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...Ghost ; And, ere the light of morning broke, A sinner's soul was lost. ABOU BEN ADHEM. BY LEIGH HUNT. 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 ?" — The vision raised its... | |
 | Charles John Andersson - 1857 - 480 pages
...own species. This Divine doctrine recalls those beautiful lines by Leigh Hunt:— " ABOU BEX ADEEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep...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... | |
 | Warren Chase - 1857 - 318 pages
...work for a living ? " — Let him answer ; I cannot. But you may write for him what the angel did : " Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like the lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold ; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And... | |
 | 1858 - 256 pages
...husbands when they choose. The next day the house in Arch Street was rented. ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Bon Adhem bold ; And to the presence in the room he said, 'What writcst thou?' — The vision raised... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 pages
...the dome the only- light came in, Tinged, as it enter'd, with. the vine-leaves thin. ABOU BEN ADHEM. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one...writing in a book of gold: — Exceeding peace had made l5en Adhem bold, And to the Prcsence in the room he said, "What writest thou*" — The Vision rais'd... | |
 | Sunday school assoc - 1858 - 206 pages
...kindness subdues the soul. Text — 1 COBINTHIANS xiii. 4 — 8. THE BLESSING OF LOVE. " ABOTT BEN AD HEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a...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... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen ?"— 1 John IT. SO. Abou Ben Adhera (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a...writing in a book of gold ; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, " What writcst 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... 
