| Leigh Hunt - 1844 - 314 pages
...ABOC 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...bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thoul"—The vision rais'd its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answer'd, "The... | |
| 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,...bold, And to the presence in the room he said, " What writest thou ?"— The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered,... | |
| 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...bold, And to the Presence in the room he said, " What writest thou? " The vision raised its head, And with a look made all of sweet accord, Answered, " The... | |
| G. W. Montgomery - Kindness - 1845 - 248 pages
...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...bold, And to the presence in the room he said, ' What writest thou ?' The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answer'd,' The... | |
| John Turner Sargent, Theodore Parker - Unitarian churches - 1845 - 26 pages
...from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lilly in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding...; And to the presence in the room he said, ' What writest thou ? ' — The angel raised his head, And, with a look made all of sweet accord, Answered... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...AROU 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 hook of gold ; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold : And to the presence in the room he said, "What... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1846 - 332 pages
...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...to the presence in the room he said, " What writcst thou ?" The vision rais'd its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answer'd, " The names... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...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...; And to the presence in the room he said, " What writest thou ? " The vision raised his head, And, with a look made all of sweet accord, Answered, "... | |
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