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:
" _Who loves the Lord?_ " the angel wrote and told.
Abou Ben Adhem, (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke again 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:
" _Who loves the Lord?_ " the angel wrote and told.
Abou Ben Adhem said,
" _Write me as one that loves his fellow men_ "
The angel wrote and vanished. The next night
He came again with a great wakening light,
And showed the names whom love of God had blessed,
And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.