A pleasure so exquisite as almost to amount to pain.
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The next nightIt came again with a great wakening light,
And showed the names whom love of God had blessed,
And lo!
James Henry Leigh Hunt
If you are melancholy for the first time, you will find, upon a little inquiry, that others have been melancholy many times, And yet are cheerful now.
James Henry Leigh Hunt
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 writest thou' The vision raised its head, And with a look made all of sweet accord, Answered, 'The names of those who love the Lord.' 'And is mine one' said Abou. 'Nay not so.' Replied the angel, Abou spoke more low, But clearly 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 a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed. And lo Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
James Henry Leigh Hunt
Oh for a seat in some poetic nook, Just hid with trees and sparkling with a brook.
James Henry Leigh Hunt
Is there a good which men call Pleasure?
James Henry Leigh Hunt
To receive a present handsomely and in a right spirit, even when you have none to give in return, is to give one in return.
James Henry Leigh Hunt
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