| Mme. Charlotte Fiske (Bates) Rogé - 1832 - 1022 pages
...the wayside, on a mossy stoue. LEIGH HUNT. ABO U BEN ADHEM. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase 1) 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 hi the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head.... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 346 pages
...wrapp'd in round waves, Quicken'd with touches of transporting fear. ABOU DEN 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 rais'd its... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 412 pages
...touches of transporting fear. ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANOEL. ABOU Ben Adhem (may his tribe inerease !) 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 rais'd its... | |
| John Greenleaf Adams - 1840 - 282 pages
...truth has been most beautifully illustrated in the subjoined poetical sketch of an eminent writer. " Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one...moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold ; And to the presence... | |
| John Greenleaf Adams - 1840 - 286 pages
...most beautifully illustrated in the subjoined poetical sketch of an eminent writer. " Abou Ben Adhein (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a...moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold ; And to the presence... | |
| 1860 - 722 pages
...should never be omitted from any presentation of Leigh Hunt's poetical achievements : " Abou Ben Adem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night from, a...writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adem bold, And to the presence irf the room he said : ' What writest thou ?' The vision raised its... | |
| 1844 - 104 pages
...lard. Abon Ben Adhcm and th« Angel. Abou Ben Adhcm (may his tribe increase) Awoke one night 1'roin 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 7" The vision raised its... | |
| George Washington Montgomery - 1844 - 264 pages
...Hunt, p. 172—Lond.ed., 1832. CHAPTER XII. THE BLESSINGS AND DUTY OF PRACTISING THE LAW OF KINDNESS. " 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,... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1844 - 314 pages
...solitude." Must be some lord of mine,—aye, e'en, perhaps, ( a son. J ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. ABOC BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase) Awoke one night...in a book of gold :— Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thoul"—The vision rais'd its head,... | |
| G. W. Montgomery - 1845 - 248 pages
...truth that " GOD is LOVE." CHAPTER XII. THE BLESSINGS AND DUTY OF PRACTISING THE LAW OF KINDNESS. " 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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