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.