 | 1833 - 364 pages
...but the great merit is in the expression and versification. Abon Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw,...lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. VOL. 111.—NO. VI. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said,... | |
 | 272 pages
...the absentee. A PERFECT GEM. ADOU BEX ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. Abou Ben Adhem (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 Adhem bold : And to the presence in the room he said, " What writcst thou ?" The vision rais'd ¡is... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...accord, Answer'd, " The names of those who love the Lord." ABOU Ben Adhem (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 Adhem bold : And to the presence in the room he said, " And is mine one ?" said Abou. " Nay, not so... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...touches of transporting fear. ABOU HEN ADHKM AND THE ANGEL. ABOU Ben Adhem (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 Adhem bold : And to the presence in the room he said, " What writest thou?" The vision rais'd its head,... | |
 | 1838 - 232 pages
...ANGEL. BY LEIGH HUNT. (•From the Book of Gems, for 1838 j Л bou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw,...angel, writing in a book of gold ; Exceeding peace hail made Ben Adhem bold : And to the presence in the room ho said, " What wrilevt ilion ••" The... | |
 | John Greenleaf Adams - Christian life - 1840 - 286 pages
...in the subjoined poetical sketch of an eminent writer. " Abou Ben Adhein (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 - 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... | |
 | Thomas Kibble Hervey - American poetry - 1849 - 450 pages
...death be mine ! ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. BY LEIGH HUNT. Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke, one night, from a deep dream of peace ; And...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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1842 - 440 pages
...touches Oi transporting fear. ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. ABOU BEN ADHEM (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 Adhem bold: And to the presence in the room he said, " What writest thou ?" The vision rais'd its head,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1844 - 314 pages
...voice had marr'd my solitude." ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw,...in a book of gold:— Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thonl"—The vision rais'd its head,... | |
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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 
