 | Readers - 1872 - 514 pages
...is mine one ? " asked Abou. — " Nay, not so," Replied the angel. Abou spake more low, But cheerly still ; and said — " I pray thee, then, Write me...wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blest; And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. THE WORTH OF ELOQUENCE. T ET us not, gentlemen,... | |
 | Alfonzo Gardiner - 1872 - 104 pages
...And is mine one ? " said Abou. " Nay, not so," Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still, and said, " I pray thee then Write me as one...night It came again with a great wakening light, And show'd the names whom love of God had bless'd, And, lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. — LeiyhHunt,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1872 - 396 pages
...who love the Lord." S " And is mine one ?" said Abou. — " Nay, not so," Z h" 9 5 H H X H £2 g 3 a Replied the angel. Abou spake more low, But cheerily...The angel wrote, and vanished. — The next night He came again, with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blest ; And,... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 418 pages
.... . . m. Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still; and said, "I pray thee, then, Write me as one who loves his fellow-men." The Angel wrote, and vanished...."wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blest. And, lo, Ben Adhem's name led all the rest ! LEIGH HUNT. f, XL.T THE UNKNOWN WRECK. WE ojje... | |
 | Clara L. Matéaux - Animals - 1872 - 286 pages
....• " ' Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still ; and said, " I pray thee, then, Write me as one who loves his fellow-men." The angel wrote, and vanished....wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blest, And, lo, Ben Adhem's name led all the rest !' " " A very beautiful story, from which we may... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...said Abou. "Kay, not so," Replied the angel. — Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still ; and said, "1 , as drops of dew, "And with it I am doomed to live...beauty, bold, Answered : " What is there that can sa A PSALM OF LIFE. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul is dead... | |
 | John Burley Waring - 1873 - 466 pages
...more low, But cheerly still and said, " I pray thee, then, Write me as one who loves his fellow men." The angel wrote and vanished. The next night It came...blessed, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. As to love of self, it transforms men, when no other love exists in their breasts, into monsters ;... | |
 | William Morley Punshon - Sermons, English - 1873 - 400 pages
...the angel. Abou spake more low, But cheerly still, and said, " I pray thee, then, Write me as one who loves his fellow-men." The angel wrote and vanished....wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blest, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. " One of the sacred spots which no stranger in Florence... | |
 | Star reciter - 1873 - 330 pages
...so," Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still, and said, " I pray thee, then, AVrite me as one that loves his fellow-men." The angel wrote...with a great wakening light, And showed the names of those whom God had blessed, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. Leigh Hunt. WHAT IS NOBLE?... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1874 - 296 pages
...those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abaci. "Nay, not so," Eeplied the angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerily still ; and said, " I pray...lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. Leigh Hunt. 14._THE WINTER IN ST PETEESBUEG. ac-ci-dent-al-ly un-change-a-'ble lei-sure-ly thawed re-cess-es pre-cau-tion... | |
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Nay, not so," Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low But cheerily still; and said, "I pray thee, then, Write me as one that loves his fellow-men. 
