ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe decrease
By cautious birth-control and die in peace)
Mellow with learning lightly took the word
That marked him not with them that love the Lord,
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Gently replied the angel of the pen:
'Labour in peace and love your fellow-men:
And love not God, since men alone are dear,
Only fear God; for you have Cause to fear.' a very fine poem, tony
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Gently replied the angel of the pen: 'Labour in peace and love your fellow-men: And love not God, since men alone are dear, Only fear God; for you have Cause to fear.' a very fine poem, tony