 | John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...CUNNINGHAM. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX TiLDl.N FOUNDATIONS I ABOU BEN ADHEM. ABOU BEN AUHEM (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a...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... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre ! CAMPBELL 17. ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL, ABOU BEN ABHEM (may his tribe increase) Awoke one night from a deep...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... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1896 - 640 pages
...Ben Adhem," which, well known as it is, may be here transcribed once more:— i "Abou Ben Adhem—may his tribe increase!— Awoke one night from a deep...bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold; Exceeding fear had made Ben Adhem bold; And to the Presence in the room he said, ' What writest thou ? ' The... | |
 | John Alfred Langford - Authors, English - 1861 - 400 pages
...ANGEL. " Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increafe) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And faw, within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich,...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 raifed... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1862 - 372 pages
...partner once of Tiney's box, Must soon partake his grave. W. Coivper XIV ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase) Awoke one...his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, C 2 An angel writing in a book of gold : — Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the Presence... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1863 - 390 pages
...save, And, partner once of Tiney's box, Must soon partake his grave. XIV ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL 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... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL.— Leigh Hunt. 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 1 " — The vision raised... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 314 pages
...the dead. It is a trait of human nature, for which I love it. ABOU BEN ADEEM: AND THE ANGEL. i. Abon Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night...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 f—The vision raised its... | |
 | 1863 - 150 pages
...They walk in cap and plume ! f,b0n ben Abou ben Adhem, may his tribe increase ! Awoke one night f- om a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight...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,... | |
 | Henry Washington Hilliard - 1865 - 556 pages
...aunt made the request, with eager interest. He observed it, and looking at her, uttered the lines : " 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,... | |
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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... 
