This poem, a favorite of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves, was based on D'Herbelot's Bibliothèque Orientale.
This poem, a favorite of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves, was based on D'Herbelot's Bibliothèque Orientale. After awaking "one night from a deep dream of peace," the titular character requests "Write me as one who loves his fellow men" to an angel he has discovered in his room writing in a book of gold. Centering on a figure whose tribe the author wishes may increase, for 10 points-- name this poem by Leigh Hunt.
This poem, a favorite of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves, was based on D'Herbelot's Bibliothèque Orientale.
{“Abou Ben Adhem”}