Elizabeth, thank you so very, very much for sending this poem. It is very beautiful. My grandmother memorized it for a high school English class and remembers only two lines, and she has wanted the rest of it back for months now. This will make her so happy. I couldn't find it anywhere. Thank you so much. ----- Original Message ----- From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 8:54 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] poem
I remember reading this when I was perhaps twelve or thirteen. Abu Ben Adam by James H. L. Hunt (October 19, 1784 August 28, 1859) Abu Ben Adam, may his tribe increase Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace And saw, within the moonlight of his room Making it rich, like a lily in bloom An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Abu Ben Adam bold And to the presence in his room he said ' What writest thou?' The vision raised its head And with a look of all sweet accord Answered: 'The names of those who love the Lord. 'And is mine one?' said Abu. 'Nay not so' Replied the Angel Abu spoke more low But cheerily 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 awaking light And showed the names of whom love of God had blessed. And lo! Ben Adam's name led all the rest.To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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