 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 the...  Third-[fifth] Language Reader - Page 321by Franklin Thomas Baker - 1909Full view - About this book
 | Henry Mayhew, Augustus Mayhew - 1849 - 530 pages
...moonlight of 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 the...its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Auswer'd, " The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abon. " Nay, not so," Replied... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1849 - 320 pages
...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 the...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... | |
 | Erskine Neale - 1849 - 334 pages
...moonlight of his room, Making it rich, and like a lily's 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 1 "—The vision rais'd its lie And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, " The names of... | |
 | 1849 - 588 pages
...and like a lily in bloom, An angel, 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 liciii. And with л look, made of all sweet nccord, Answered, ' The names of those who love the Lord.'... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1851 - 1054 pages
...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 the...Answered, 'The names of those who love the Lord.' 'And is mine one?' said Abou. 'Nay, not so,' Beplied the angel. Abou spake more low, But cheerly still,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. 2. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold ; And to the...Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord." 3. " And is mine one ? " said Abou. — " Nay, not so," Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low, But... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...moonlight of 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 the...accord, Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord ! " " And is mine one ? " asked Abou. — " Nay, not so,"' Replied the angel. Abou spake more low,... | |
 | 1856 - 396 pages
...it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. ' Exceeding peace had made Den Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room, he said,...Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord!" "And is mine one?" asked Abon. "Nay not so," Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still;... | |
 | Elisha Reynolds Potter - 1852 - 406 pages
...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 the...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."... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...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 the...in the 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... | |
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