 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...  McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader - Page 96by William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
 | International peace society - 232 pages
...said, " I pray thee, then, Write me as one that loves his fellow-men." The angel wrote and vanish'd. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And show'd the names whom love of God bad bless'd; And, lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest." LEIGH... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...more low, But cheerly still ; and said, "I pray thee, then, Write me as one that loves his fellowmen." The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night It came...names whom love of God had blessed, — And, lo! Ben Adhein's name led all rest! STANZAS FROM SONG OF THE FLOWERS. WE are the sweet flowers, Born of sunny... | |
 | 1833 - 364 pages
...low, But cheer'ly still, and said, '' I pray thee then, Write me for one that loves his fellow-men." The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening li^ht, And shewed the names whom love of God had hlesti And, lo ! Ben Adhenf s name led all the rc»t.... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...said, " I pray thee, then, Write me as one that loves his fellow-men." The angel wrote and vanish'd. The next night It came again, with a great wakening light, And shew'd the names whom love of God had bless'd, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. JOHN CLARE... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...said, " I pray thee, then, Write me as one that loves his fellow-men." The angel wrote and vanish'd. The next night It came again, with a great wakening light. And shew'd the names whom love of God had hless'd, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. JOHN CLABE... | |
 | John Greenleaf Adams - Christian life - 1840 - 282 pages
...me as one who loves his fellow-men.' The angel wrote and vanished. The next night It came again with great wakening light, And showed the names whom love...blessed, And lo ! BEN ADHEM'S name led all the rest! " * Say ye, that this is a dream of the poet's imagination ? Agreed. But it is no " vain imagination."... | |
 | John Greenleaf Adams - Christian life - 1840 - 286 pages
...low, But cheerily 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 again with great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, . And lo ! BEN ADHEM'S name... | |
 | Albany (N.Y.) - 1844 - 104 pages
...more low But cheerly still, and said, " I pray they then. Write me as one that 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. The American Jllmanac. — Chambers, in one of the May numbers of his Edinburgh Journal, presents his... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1860 - 722 pages
...low, But churly 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...wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had bless'd, And lo ! Ben Adem's name led all the rest." • Leigh Hunt had a kind of Homeric proclivity... | |
 | George Washington Montgomery - Kindness - 1841 - 232 pages
...said, ' I pray thee, then, Write me as one that loves his fellow-men.' The angel wrote and vanish'd. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And show'd the names whom love of God had bleu'd And, lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest." LEIGH HURT.... | |
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