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
| Handel and Haydn Society (Boston, Mass.) - 1830 - 362 Seiten
...liver, — Their land from error's chain. ïzzEz:Ez:Ë:ï :Bz:sz3:|:ä— -— ïzzïiïrai |ï 2. In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen in his blindntu Bows down to wood and ilone. 64 64 6 ï~~5 6 66 55^ :> J 5 * 5 4 43 3. SALVATION ! О SALVATION-... | |
| Lowell Mason - 1831 - 584 Seiten
...an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. pn 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high — Shall we to man benighted The lamp of... | |
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| Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1831 - 510 Seiten
...deliver Their land from error's chain ! What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isIc, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God ore strown, The heathen, in hia blindness, Bows down to wood and stone I Can we, whose souls are lighted... | |
| Nancy Towle - 1832 - 332 Seiten
...ancient river; From, many a palmy plain; They call us, to deliver, Their land, from error's chain, 2. (What, though, the spicy breezes, Blow, soft, o'er...kindness, The gifts, of God are strown; The Heathen, in their blindness, Bow, down, to wood and stone.) 3. Shall we, whose souls are lighted, By wisdom, from... | |
| Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1832 - 154 Seiten
...call us to deliver Their land from error's chain ! What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Java's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man...Heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone ! Can we, whose souls are lighted With Wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
| Samuel Wilberforce (bp. of Winchester) - 1832 - 166 Seiten
...many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes. Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn : " The Heathen in his blindness 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high,... | |
| Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 858 Seiten
...plain They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. What though the spicy hreezes Blow soft on Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And...In vain with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are shewn, The Heathen in his hlindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we whose souls are lighted With... | |
| Walter Channing - 1836 - 702 Seiten
...land from error's chain. What though the spicy • Breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's .sle; Though ev'ry prospect pleases, And only man is vile: In vain with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are strewn; The heathen in his blindness Bows dawn to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
| Vyell Francis Vyvyan - 1832 - 142 Seiten
...Then7 land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Java's isle, Though ev'ry prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn, The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone ! 3 Can we whose souls are lighted... | |
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