 | 1849 - 588 sider
...illustrates happily the train of thought which his present book suggests. Wimay as well transcribe it : — " Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase,) Awoke one...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 raised its... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1851 - 1054 sider
...article, slight as it may be, will possess a positive value. uAbou Ben Adhcm (may his tribe increase I) 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 raised its head,... | |
 | Elisha Reynolds Potter - 1852 - 406 sider
...for ought they knew, the dance of the Turkish dervishes. ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL.— LEIGH HUNT. Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...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 his... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 sider
...wrapp'd in round waves, Quicken'd with touches of transporting fear. Abon Ben Ail hum and the Angel. Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...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,... | |
 | 1852 - 348 sider
...oriental apologue, as versified by one of England's poets. " Ahou Ben Adhem, (may his tribe increase r) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace^ And saw...rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a hook of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem hold, And to the presence in the room he said, ' What... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Gannett - 1853 - 66 sider
...Hunt; which, familiar as they may be, no one probably will complain of my repeating in this connection. Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...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,... | |
 | H. C. Foster - 1853 - 378 sider
...meet in happy air, — A child, a friend, a wife, whose soft heart sings ABOU HEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...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 his... | |
 | 1853 - 560 sider
...cowards? Alas ! not all the blood of all the Howards. POPE. — [From the "Essay on Man."] LE10H HUNT. 17 ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase) Awoke one...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... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1853 - 354 sider
...a guise no graver or more pretentious than this : Abou-Ben-Adhem, (may his tribe increase !) Awcke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within...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... | |
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - 1854 - 276 sider
...parable of Abou Jien Adhem and the Angel cannot be repeated too often, so let it be read here. t ' Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase ! ) Awoke one...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... | |
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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... 
