 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...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Pagina 302geredigeerd door - 1844Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1855 - 248 pagina’s
...goes slowly over the zones, And stumbles over pebble-stones. ABOU BEN ADHEM. MACKAY. "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 like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1855 - 382 pagina’s
...Saint Foix. (Lond. 1767.) Vol. ip 149. St. Foix quotes from Brantoine. ABOU BEN ADHEM. 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... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pagina’s
...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 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... | |
 | 1855 - 458 pagina’s
...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 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 ; Exceedmg... | |
 | Charles John Andersson - 1856 - 612 pagina’s
...own species. This Divine doctrine recalls those beautiful lines by Leigh Hunt:— " 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... | |
 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 pagina’s
...himself. " A soft answer turneth away wrath." • 2. ABOU BEN ADHEM. — Leigh Hunt. Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase ! ) Awoke one night from a...deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight of his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 360 pagina’s
...themselves : the humble look upward to their God . THOMAS BROWN. H. — ABOU BEN ADEEM. Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight of his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding... | |
 | 1856 - 754 pagina’s
...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 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... | |
 | 1856 - 394 pagina’s
...salary of the Ageut, for the year ending Dec. 1854. ABOU BEN ADHEM.— BY LEIGH HUNT. Abou Ben Adhem, (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight of his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding... | |
 | 1893 - 404 pagina’s
...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 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... | |
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