StoryTitle("caps", "Abou Ben Adhem") ?>
Ben Adhem" has won its way to the popular heart because the
"Brotherhood of Man" is the motto of this age. (1784-1859.)
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And saw within the moonlight in his room,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Making it rich and like a lily in bloom,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "An angel writing in a book of gold.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And to the presence in the room he said,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "\"What writest thou?\" The vision raised its head,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And, with a look made of all sweet accord,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Answered, \"The names of those who love the Lord.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "\"And is mine one?\" said Abou. \"Nay, not so,\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But cheerly still; and said, \"I pray thee, then,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Write me as one that loves his fellow-men.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "It came again, with a great wakening light,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And showed the names whom love of God had blessed;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And, lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("100", SmallCapsText("Leigh Hunt.")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>