 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...  Hoekzema's Gleanings from English Poetry - Side 42af David Hoekzema - 1893 - 334 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1854 - 402 sider
...such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them." BEN ADHEM'S DREAM. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase, ) Awoke one...deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight of his room, Making it rich, like a lily in full bloom, An Angel writing in a book of gold ; Exceeding... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1855 - 382 sider
...translated from the French of if. de Saint Foix. (Lond. 1767.) Vol. ip 149. St. Foix quotes from Brantoine. ABOU BEN ADHEM. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase...presence in the room he said, " What writest thou V — The vision rais'd its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answer' d, " The names... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 sider
...develop, not destroy, Far better than a barren Joy. Q ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. — Leigh Hunt. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...the room 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... | |
 | Richard Wright Procter - 1855 - 490 sider
...MIDDLESEX, OCTORER 19, 1784. AROU Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a sweet dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his...the room he said, "What writest thou ?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Auswer'd, " The names of those who love... | |
 | 1855 - 458 sider
...develop, not destroy, Far better than a barren Joy. Q ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. — Leigh Hunt. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...in bloom, • An angel, writing in a book of gold ; Exceedmg peace had made Ben Adhem bold ; And to the presence in the room he said, " What writest... | |
 | Laura Greenwood - 1855 - 294 sider
...His daily prayer, far better understood In acts than words, was simply doing good. Abou Ben Adheim (may his tribe increase) Awoke one night from a deep...lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. i Exceeding peace had made Ben Adheim bold, And to the presence in his room he said, " What writest... | |
 | Rosine Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1855 - 390 sider
...sweet dream of peace, And saw (within the moonlight of his room, Making it rich, like lilies in full bloom) An Angel, writing in a book of gold; Exceeding...room, he said — ''What writest thou?' the Vision raised his head, And, with a smiling look of sweet accord, Answered — ' The names of those who love... | |
 | 1855 - 248 sider
...sphere, Truth goes slowly over the zones, And stumbles over pebble-stones. ABOU BEN ADHEM. MACKAY. "ABOu BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase,) Awoke one...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 ;... | |
 | John Wilson - 1855 - 360 sider
...more noble than themselves : the humble look upward to their God. THOMAS BROWN. H. — ABOU BEN ADEEM. 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... | |
 | Charles John Andersson - 1856 - 612 sider
...the love of our own species. This Divine doctrine recalls those beautiful lines by Leigh Hunt:— " ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...presence in the room he said, ' What writest thou f—The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, ' The names of... | |
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