 | Philip Lawrence - English language - 1870 - 422 pages
...born to die. ABOU BEN ADHEM. ABOTJ BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a sweet 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... | |
 | George Washington Montgomery - 1870 - 334 pages
...THE BLBSSINaS AND DUTY OF PRACTISING THH LAW OF KINDNESS. Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his room, Makiag it rich, and like a lily in bloom, Aa angel writing in a book of gold ; Exceeding peace had... | |
 | John Wilson - English language - 1871 - 364 pages
...upward to their God. THOMAS BKOWN. II. — ABOU BEN ADHEM. 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 - Abbreviations, English - 1871 - 356 pages
...upward to their God. THOMAS BROWN. II. — ABOU BEN ADHEM. 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... | |
 | Robert Collyer - Sermons, American - 1871 - 394 pages
...he has come in his very work to the rest that rernaineth. " Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the shadow of his room, Making it rich, like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding... | |
 | Mother Angela Gillespie - Elocution - 1871 - 468 pages
...ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase) 1 Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw with the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily ifi bloom, An angel, writing in a book of gold ; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold ; And to the... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...and live ! " RICHARD CHENHVIX TRENCH. ABOU BEN ADHEM. Лвои BEX ADHEM (may hi.s tribe increase !) But erred, for 1 was fastly bound. My heart turned sick, my brain grew son?, And throbbed awhil rii-h and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold : Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem... | |
 | Readers - 1872 - 514 pages
...sublime, godlike action ! ABOU BEN ADEEM.— LEIGH HUNT. ABOU BEN ADEEM (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... | |
 | William Morley Punshon - Sermons, English - 1873 - 400 pages
...Arabic parable which Leigh Hunt has crystallized into verse : " Abou Ben Adhem, may his tribe increase ! Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw,...in his room — Making it rich, and like a lily in full bloom — An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to... | |
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... 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... 
