And with a look made all of sweet accord,
Answered: ‘The names of those that love the Lord,’[[2]]
‘And is mine one?’ ‘Nay, not so,’
Replied the Angel. Abou spoke more low
But cheerily still: ‘I pray thee, then,
Write me as one who loves his fellow men.’
The Angel wrote and vanished, but the next night
Appeared with a great, wakening light,
Showing the names of those whom love of God had blessed,
And lo, Abou Ben Adhem’s led all the rest!”[[3]]