Leigh Hunt. 1784-1859.
Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace.
Abou Ben Adhem.
Write me as one who loves his fellow-men.
Abou Ben Adhem.
And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
Abou Ben Adhem.
Oh for a seat in some poetic nook,
Just hid with trees and sparkling with a brook!
Politics and Poetics.
With spots of sunny openings, and with nooks
To lie and read in, sloping into brooks.
The Story of Rimini.
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