 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
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861 - 128 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... | |
 | Levi Cooper Lane - 1861 - 538 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,...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 Alfred Langford - Authors, English - 1861 - 396 pages
...(may his tribe increafe) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And faw, 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 prefence in the room he faid, ' What writeft thou ? ' — The vifion... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 558 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... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 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... | |
 | Richard Swinburne - 1992 - 250 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... | |
 | George A. Schlichte - Religion - 1993 - 164 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,...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... | |
 | Alice O. Howell - Psychology - 1993 - 302 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, An angel writing in a book of gold: — And to the presence in the room he said, 'What writest thou?' — The vision rais'd its head, And... | |
 | Phil Murray - Contentment - 1996 - 138 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 thou?" - The vision... | |
 | Richard Webster - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1998 - 372 pages
...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 made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "VCTuu writest thou?" — The vision... | |
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