 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...future need ; ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. — Leigh Hunt. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his room, Makmg it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel, writing in a book of gold ; Exceeding peace had... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1854 - 402 pages
...remember his commandments to do them." BEN ADHEM'S DREAM. 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, like a lily in full bloom, An Angel writing in a book of gold ; Exceeding... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 248 pages
...And stumbles over pebble-stones. ABOU BEN ADHEM. MACKAY. "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 like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold ;... | |
 | John Wilson - English language - 1855 - 360 pages
...upward to their God. THOMAS BROWN. H. — ABOU BEN ADEEM. 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... | |
 | William Sherwood - Conversation - 1856 - 466 pages
...turneth away wrath." • 2. ABOU BEN ADHEM. — Leigh Hunt. 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... | |
 | Education - 1856 - 394 pages
...year ending Dec. 1854. ABOU BEN ADHEM.— BY LEIGH HUNT. 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 - 1856 - 364 pages
...look upward to their God. THOMAS BROWS. a —ABOU BEN ADEEM. 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 - 1856 - 360 pages
...upward to their God . THOMAS BROWN. H. — ABOU BEN ADEEM. 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... | |
 | Warren Chase - 1857 - 318 pages
...cannot. But you may write for him what the angel did : " Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace. And saw...the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like the lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold ; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And... | |
 | George John Stevenson - Baptists - 1857 - 162 pages
...wish every pulpit in the land had a Ben Adhem in it. "May his tribe increase I" 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, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding... | |
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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... 
