 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 presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And,...  The Suffolk literary chronicle - Page 241838Full view - About this book
 | American poetry - 1855 - 248 pages
...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 ; And to the presence in the room he said, 'What writest thouV—The angel... | |
 | English poetry - 1856 - 754 pages
...(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,...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... | |
 | Charles John Andersson - Africa, Southern - 1856 - 536 pages
...(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,...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... | |
 | Charles John Andersson - Africa, Southern - 1856 - 612 pages
...(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,...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 f—The vision... | |
 | Charles John Andersson - Africa, Southern - 1856 - 560 pages
...(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,...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... | |
 | William Sherwood - Conversation - 1856 - 466 pages
...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 peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And, to the presence in the room, he said : " What writest thou ? " The vision... | |
 | John Wilson - Abbreviations, English - 1856 - 364 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,...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... | |
 | 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,...An angel 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... | |
 | John Wilson - Abbreviations, English - 1856 - 360 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,...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 then ? " The vision... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1857 - 334 pages
...(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,...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... | |
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