 | William Sherwood - Conversation - 1856 - 466 pages
...paid the charges himself. " A soft answer turneth away wrath." • 2. ABOU BEN ADHEM. — Leigh Hunt. Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase ! ) Awoke one...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... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 436 pages
...circular ; And through the dome the only light came in, Tinged, as it enter'd, with the vine-leaves thin. ABOU BEN ADHEM. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase...room he said, "What writest thou?" — The Vision rais'd its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answer'd, " The names of those who love... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 426 pages
...night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within tho moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and liko a lily in bloom, An Angel writing in a book of gold...room he said, "What writest thou?" — The Vision rais'd its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answer'd, " The names of those who love... | |
 | Warren Chase - 1857 - 318 pages
...work for a living ? " — Let him answer ; I cannot. But you may write for him what the angel did : " Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like the lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold ; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And... | |
 | George John Stevenson - Baptists - 1857 - 162 pages
...Abou Ben Adhem, who ** 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,...a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bola, And to the presence in the room he said : ' What writest thou ?' The vision raised its head,... | |
 | Alonzo Amos Miner, Elbridge Gerry Brooks, Abel Charles Thomas - Sermons, American - 1857 - 364 pages
...one night from a sweet dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his room, Making it bright 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... | |
 | Alonzo Amos Miner, Elbridge Gerry Brooks, Abel Charles Thomas - Sermons, American - 1857 - 358 pages
...one night from a sweet dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his room, Making it bright 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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1857 - 338 pages
...Dares come, on grateful memory's part, Not to Crown'd Head, but to Crown'd Heart. ABOU BEN ADIIEM. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, withrn the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book... | |
 | 1858 - 460 pages
...barren Joy. Q ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. — Leigh ffuni ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe inciease !) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw,...he said, " What writest thou ? " The vision raised his head, And, with a look made all of sweet accord, Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord."... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen ?"— 1 John IT. SO. Abou Ben Adhera (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a...bold, And to the presence in the room he said, " What writcst thou ?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The... | |
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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... 
