What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Hymns of the Church New and Old - Seite 242herausgegeben von - 1912 - 684 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 Seiten
...July 1755, The Complete Poor Richard Almanacks, facsimile ed., vol. 2, p. 270 (1970). 1147 What tho' the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile? REGINALD HEBER, "From Greenland's Icy Mountains" (hymn), From Greenland's Icy Mountains, p. 23... | |
| Josna Pankhania - 1994 - 167 Seiten
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| Edmund Gosse - 1994 - 248 Seiten
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| Lois R. Kuznets - 1994 - 280 Seiten
...wood" (94). She quotes the hymn sung at the missionaries' service, "In vain with lavish kindness I The Gifts of God are strown, / The heathen in his blindness / Bows down to wood and stone, " and comments, "But I felt that this hymn could teach me little after my experiences on the Island."... | |
| William J. Petersen, Randy Petersen - 1995 - 772 Seiten
...land from error's chain. What though the spicy breezes, Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though ev'ry prospect pleases. And only man is vile? In vain, with...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Can we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life deny?... | |
| Robert Farrar Capon - 1995 - 388 Seiten
...history, caught on to the rather arrogant transactionalism that vitiated an otherwise noble movement. Can we whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on...high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life deny? (1819) Fling out the banner! sin-sick souls That sink and perish in the strife, Shall touch in faith... | |
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