 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 a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to...  The Young and Field Literary Readers - Page 71by Ella Flagg Young, Walter Taylor Field - 1915Full view - About this book
 | International peace society - 232 pages
...BKN- ADHF.M (may bis tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, witliin the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like...of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, " What writcst thon ?" The vision raised its head, And, with... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...touches of transporting fear. ABOU DEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. ABOU Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw,...of gold ; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold : And to the presence in the room he said, " What writest thou ?" The vision rais'd its head. And,... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...touches of transporting fear. ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. ABOU Ben Adhem (may his trihe increase !) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw,...moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in hloom. An angel, writing in a hook of gold ; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem hold And to the presence... | |
 | John Greenleaf Adams - Christian life - 1840 - 282 pages
...in the subjoined poetical sketch of an eminent writer. " Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw...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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Adams - Christian life - 1840 - 286 pages
...from a deep 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 in the room he said, ' What writes! thou ? ' The vision raised its head, And... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1860 - 722 pages
...any presentation of Leigh Hunt's poetical achievements : " Abou Ben Adem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from, a deep dream of peace, And saw...writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adem bold, And to the presence irf the room he said : ' What writest thou ?' The vision raised its... | |
 | Albany (N.Y.) - 1844 - 104 pages
...lard. Abon Ben Adhcm and th« Angel. Abou Ben Adhcm (may his tribe increase) Awoke one night 1'roin a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight...of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room, he said, '' What writest thou 7" The vision raised its head, And with... | |
 | George Washington Montgomery - Kindness - 1841 - 232 pages
...THE BLESSINGS AND DUTY OP PRACTICING THE LAW OF KINDNESS. " Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlighl in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold... | |
 | George Washington Montgomery - Kindness - 1844 - 264 pages
...THE BLESSINGS AND DUTY OF PRACTISING THE LAW OF KINDNESS. " Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw...of gold; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, 'What writest thou?' The vision raised its head, And with... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1844 - 314 pages
...mine,—aye, e'en, perhaps, ( a son. J ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. ABOC BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw,...gold :— Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thoul"—The vision rais'd its head, And with... | |
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