 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...  Songs of Three Centuries - Pagina 138geredigeerd door - 1890 - 383 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagina’s
...the wayside, on a mossy stoue. LEIGH HUNT. ABO U BEN ADHEM. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase 1) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw...lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence hi the room he said, "What writest thou?"... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 348 pagina’s
...cold sweet silver life, wrapp'd in round waves, Quicken'd with touches of transporting fear. ABOU DEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. ABOU Ben Adhem (may his tribe...lily in bloom, An angel, writing in a book of gold ; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold : And to the presence in the room he said, " What writest... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 412 pagina’s
...touches of transporting fear. ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANOEL. ABOU Ben Adhem (may his tribe inerease !) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw,...lily in bloom, An angel, writing in a book of gold ; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold : And to the presence in the room he said, " What writest... | |
 | John Greenleaf Adams - 1840 - 282 pagina’s
...truth has been most beautifully illustrated in the subjoined poetical sketch of an eminent writer. " Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold ; And to the presence... | |
 | 1860 - 722 pagina’s
...should never be omitted from any presentation of Leigh Hunt's poetical achievements : " Abou Ben Adem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from, a...lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adem bold, And to the presence irf the room he said : ' What writest thou... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - 440 pagina’s
...clear, A col'l sweet silver life, wrapp'd in round waves, Quicken'd with touches Oi transporting fear. ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may...lily in bloom, An angel, writing in a book of gold ; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold : And to the presence in the room he said, " What writest... | |
 | George Washington Montgomery - 1844 - 264 pagina’s
...Hunt, p. 172—Lond.ed., 1832. CHAPTER XII. THE BLESSINGS AND DUTY OF PRACTISING THE LAW OF KINDNESS. " Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...lily in bloom, An angel 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?'... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1844 - 314 pagina’s
...solitude." Must be some lord of mine,—aye, e'en, perhaps, ( a son. J ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. ABOC BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase) Awoke one night...lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold :— Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest... | |
 | G. W. Montgomery - 1845 - 248 pagina’s
...truth that " GOD is LOVE." CHAPTER XII. THE BLESSINGS AND DUTY OF PRACTISING THE LAW OF KINDNESS. " Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold ; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, ' What writest... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pagina’s
...think how we shall take Our own calm journey on for human sake. ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. AROU Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night...rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel, writing in a hook of gold ; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold : And to the presence in the room he said, "What... | |
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