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... Illustrations of the Law of Kindness - Page 183by George Washington Montgomery - 1841 - 216 pagesFull view - About this book
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...(may bis tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, witliin the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,...gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, " What writcst thon ?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look... | |
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...(may his tribe inerease !) 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,...; 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, And, with a look... | |
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...from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the 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 in the room he said, ' What writes! thou ? ' The vision raised its head, And with a look,... | |
| Albany (N.Y.) - 1844 - 104 pages
...(may his tribe increase) Awoke one night 1'roin a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his room. Making it rich and like a lily in bloom,...gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room, he said, '' What writest thou 7" The vision raised its head, And with a look... | |
| Methodist Church - 1860 - 722 pages
...(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,...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 ?' The vision raised its... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1844 - 314 pages
...(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,...:— Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thoul"—The vision rais'd its head, And with a look... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - Recitations - 1844 - 302 pages
...(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,...— Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, " What writest thou ?"— The vision raised its head, And, with a... | |
| Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - Transcendentalism - 1844 - 556 pages
...his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in the room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An...; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the Presence in the room he said, " What writest thou? " The vision raised its head, And with a look... | |
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