 | Sunday school literature - 1866 - 344 pages
...may be, Which, beside my very threshold, She had plucked, and brought to me." JR Lowell. XXXV. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night...writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Aclhem bold ; And to the Presence in the room he said, " What writest thou ? " The vision raised its... | |
 | Nicolas Wanostrocht - 1867 - 350 pages
...the tomb, It is there, it is there, my child !" ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. BY LEIGH HITKT. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase) Awoke one night..."What writest thou ?"— The vision raised its head, " Serait-ce où le palmier élève son plumage, Où la datte mûrit sous un ciel sans nuage ? • ,î... | |
 | William White - Christian philosophers - 1867 - 704 pages
...Love and Wisdom' from 'Apocalypse Explained,' p. 60. And Leigh Hunt in his charming apologue— ' Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) ' Awoke one night...had made Ben Adhem bold; ' And to the presence in his room he said— ' " What writest thou ?" The vision raised his head, ' And with a look, made all... | |
 | William White - Christian philosophers - 1867 - 710 pages
...Explained,' p. 60. And Leigh Hunt in his charming apologue — ' Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase 1) ' Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, ' And...lily in bloom, ' An Angel, writing in a book of gold. 1 Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold ; ' And to the presence in his room he said — ' " What... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1868 - 328 pages
...wrapp'd in ronnd waves, Qnicken'd with tonches of transporting fear. ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. ABOU Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night...to the presence in the room he said, " What writest thon?" The vision rais'd its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answer'd, " The names... | |
 | Galveston, Author of Milly Clifford - 1868 - 276 pages
...could not be more efficiently illustrated than by quoting Leigh Hunt's exquisite lines — '' Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase), Awoke one night...And to the presence in the room he said — ' What writ'st thou ?' The vision raised its head, And with a look, made of all sweet accord, Answered —... | |
 | James Burton (schoolmaster.) - English language - 1868 - 216 pages
...lil-y wak-en-ing Abon Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase), Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,1 And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it...— The vision raised its head, And with a look made all of sweet accord6 Answered, '' The names of those who love the Lord." " And is mine one ?" said... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - Elocution - 1808 - 596 pages
...BEN AIHI KM (t.EIOU HUNT.) " Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a sweet dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his...bold, And to the Presence in the room he said, ' What writes! thou ?' The vision raised its head, And, with a look made all of sweet accord, Answered —... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - American poetry - 1868 - 710 pages
...one night from a deep dream of peace ; And saw, within the moon-light in Ha room, Making it light, and like a lily in bloom, An angel, writing in a book,...he said, " What writest thou ? " The vision raised his head, And with a look made all of sweet accord, Answered, " The names of those that love the Lord."... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 pages
...one night from a deep dream of peace ; And saw, within the moon-light in his room, Making it light, and like a lily in bloom, An angel, writing in a book...presence in the room he said, " What writest thou 3 " The vision raised his head, And with a look made all of sweet accord, Answered, " The names of... | |
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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... 
