38+ Leigh Hunt Poem Abou Ben Adhem Background. 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:— exceeding peace had made ben adhem bold, and to the presence in the room he said what. Abou ben adhem (may his tribe increase!) exceeding peace had made ben adhem bold and is mine one? said abou.
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He knows that through his faith he is a kind and good soul and was creative enough to find a way to. Ben adhem encounters an angel, who is writing a record of those who love god. Hope you find the video. The poet himself, leigh hunt, regarded this poem as one of his best.3 it is recorded that a friend presented to him an illuminated copy of it, which * i should acknowledge here that the identification of ibrahim ibn adham with abou ben adhem was first brought to my notice by two notes, by h.