 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...And is mine one ?" said Abou. " Nay, not so," Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerily still, and said, " I pray thee then, Write me as one...wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had bless'd, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. LEIGH HUNT. THE GRAND CURE FOR HUMAN WOES. The... | |
 | H. O. Apthorp - Elocution - 1858 - 312 pages
...low, But cheerly still; and said, " I pray thee, then, Write me as one who loves his fellow men I" The angel wrote and vanished. The next night It came...wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had bless'd, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. MY NATIVE LAND. ADIEU ! adieu! my native shore... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 pages
...was assassinated by Artabu'nus the captain of his guard. Xerxes is called in scripture A hnsue'rus. " And is mine one? " said Abou. " Nay, not so," Replied...wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. STUDY OF THE WORKS OF NATURE. O NATURE! all-sufficient!... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 120 pages
...angel Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still ; and said. " [ pray thee, then Write me as one that lores his fellow-men." The angel wrote, and vanished. The...wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. STUDY OF THE WORKS OF NATURE. THOMSON. O NATURE!... | |
 | Norwich (Conn. : Town) - 1859 - 340 pages
...more low But cheerly still, and said : I pray thee, then, Write me as one who loves his fellow men. The angel wrote and vanished. The next night It came...wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. This then, this loving humanity, a humanity vivified... | |
 | England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 pages
...look made of all sweet accord, Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord." " And is mine one 1" said Abou. " Nay, not so," Replied the Angel. Abou...wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. LEIGH HCNT. tlt Of L WHEN I was a dweller in Cloudland,... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1860 - 712 pages
...' And is mine one ?' said Abou. ' Nay, not so,' Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low, But churly still, and said: 'I pray thee, then, Write me as one...wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had bless'd, And lo ! Ben Adem's name led all the rest." Leigh Hunt had a kind of Homeric proclivity for... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered — " The names of those who love the Lord." " And is mine one ? " said Abou ; " Nay, not so," Replied...wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed ; And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest! LEIGH HUNT. MONTROSE TO HIS MISTRESS. MY dear... | |
 | Levi Cooper Lane - 1861 - 538 pages
...the Angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still, and said, ' I pray thee, then, Write me as one who loves his fellow-men.' The Angel wrote and vanished....wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And, lo! Ben Adhem 's name led all the rest." True to the associations that cluster around... | |
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - Bible - 1861 - 276 pages
...cheerly still ; and said, ' 1 pray thce then, Write me as one that loves his fellow-men.' The augel wrote and vanished. The next night It came again,...wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest." 11. And that. That is, all this is to be done,... | |
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The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, — And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest ! LEIGH HUNT. 
