 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861 - 128 pages
...like a lily in 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...The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord." * Xerxes, king of Persia, was... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...and like a lily in 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...— The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered — " The names of those who love the Lord." " And is mine one ?" said... | |
 | Levi Cooper Lane - 1861 - 538 pages
...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 Presence in the room he said : '...The Vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, 'The names of those who love the Lord.' ' And is mine one?' said Abou.... | |
 | American poetry - 1861 - 144 pages
...rich, 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 his head, And, with a look made all of sweet accord, Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord."... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1896 - 640 pages
...rich, and like a lily in 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 Vision raised his head, And, with a look made all of sweet accord, Answer'd, 'The names of those who love the Lord.'... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1861 - 316 pages
...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 ? " The vision raised his head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord."... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1861 - 320 pages
...angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben-Adhem bold ; . THE HEART A BELL. 197 And to the Presence in the room he said, " What writest thou ? " The vision raised his head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord."... | |
 | 272 pages
...and like a lily in 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 ?" The vision rais'd its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answer'd, "The names of those who love... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 pages
...and like a lily in 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?' — The vision rais'd its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answer'd, 'The names of those who love the... | |
 | Richard Swinburne - 1992 - 250 pages
...and like a lily in 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?' — The vision rais'd its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answer'd, 'The names of those who love the... | |
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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 presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head,... 
