| Education - 1856 - 394 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,...writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhcm bold, And to the presence in the room, he said, " What writest thou ? " The vision raised its... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 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...bold, And to the Presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" — The Vision rais'd its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answer'd,... | |
| Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 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, Answered,... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1857 - 338 pages
...ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, withrn 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 rais'd its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, AnswerM,... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 426 pages
...night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within tho moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and liko a lily in bloom, An Angel writing in a book of gold...bold, And to the Presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" — The Vision rais'd its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answer'd,... | |
| Warren Chase - 1857 - 318 pages
...from a deep dream of peace. And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like the lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold...bold, And to the presence in the room he said, ' What writest thou ? ' The vision raised his head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, '... | |
| George John Stevenson - Baptists - 1857 - 162 pages
...Abou Ben Adhem, who ** 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,...a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bola, And to the presence in the room he said : ' What writest thou ?' The vision raised its head,... | |
| Alonzo Amos Miner, Elbridge Gerry Brooks, Abel Charles Thomas - Sermons, American - 1857 - 364 pages
...one night from a sweet dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his room, Making it bright and like a 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 ?" The vision raised... | |
| Alonzo Amos Miner, Elbridge Gerry Brooks, Abel Charles Thomas - Sermons, American - 1857 - 358 pages
...one night from a sweet dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his room, Making it bright and like a 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 ?" The vision raised... | |
| Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...Abou Ben Adhera (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 raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names... | |
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