 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...  One Thousand Literary Questions and Answers - Page 197by Mary Eleanor Kramer - 1917 - 285 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Coventry Patmore - 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1862 - 564 pages
...deed, instinct wilk the immortal spirit of American institutions ! 70. ABOTJ BEN ADEEM. — Leigk Hunt 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... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1862 - 462 pages
...Of PATIENCE nursing HOPE — the Angel and the Child ! ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL.— LEIGII HUNT. And saw within the 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... | |
 | Knights Templar (Masonic order). Grand Encampment (Mass. and R.I.) - 1864 - 978 pages
...elosc, than by quoting the following extract of an old poem, in Arabic style, by Leigh Hunt: — " Alton Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night...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 hook of gold : — Exceeding... | |
 | Book - 1864 - 396 pages
...to sleep, And good-bye to the bar and its moaning. C. KINGSLEY. ABOU-BEN-ADHEM. f BOU-BEN-ADHEM— may his tribe increase !— Awoke one night from a...deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight of his room, Making it rich and like a lily's bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1862 - 194 pages
...incidental or explanatory, and which might be omitted without injury to the sense or construction ; as, Abou Ben Adhem (may his .tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace. The Dash ( — ) is used to denote an unfinished sentence, a sudden turn, an abrupt transition, or... | |
 | M. A. Edwards - 1865 - 312 pages
...story of St. Jerome. I have since learned it, and will write it down for you and Caroline to learn :— "Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase) Awoke one night from a sweet dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1866 - 174 pages
...; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die ! ABOU-BEN~ADHElt AND THE ANGEL. ABOU-BEN-ADHEM— may his tribe increase ! — Awoke one night from...moonlight, in 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... | |
 | Sidney H. Morse, Joseph B. Marvin - 1866 - 560 pages
...secret which is not known to another — he has come in his very work to the rest that remaineth. " 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 bloom ; An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1866 - 828 pages
...favorites. I copy them from Mrs Hall's Album, in which he wrote them : " АЬоч Ben Adhcm (may Ыз tribe increase !) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in hie room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel, writing in a book of gold. Exceeding... | |
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