Abou Ben Adhem by Leigh Hunt
Abou Ben Adhem
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 the
presence in the room he said,
"What
writest thou?"--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. "Nay, not so,"
Replied the
angel. Abou spoke more low,
But cheerly
still; and said, "I pray thee, then,
Write me as one
that loves his fellow men."
The angel wrote,
and vanished. The next night
It came again
with a great wakening light,
And showed the
names whom love of God had blest,
And lo! Ben
Adhem's name led all the rest.
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