 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
 | Isaac Watts, Samuel Worcester, Samuel Melancthon Worcester - 1834 - 760 Seiten
...call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. p 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And...his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. — 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | 1834 - 122 Seiten
...us to deliver Their land from error's chain. What^though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceyion'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... | |
 | Hymns - 1834 - 294 Seiten
...an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver, Their land from error's drain. 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 their blindness, Bow down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1834 - 512 Seiten
...an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain ! What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifU of God arc strown, The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone ! Can we, whose... | |
 | 1833 - 2950 Seiten
...wants. And shall the poverty and wretchedness of the soul |>u«> unnoticed and unrelieved by us? Nay, " Can we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on...high, Can we, to men benighted, The lamp of life deny ?" Time was, and that recently, when all the inhabitants of Christen dom seemed indifferent to the... | |
 | James Clarke Franks - 1834 - 572 Seiten
...river. Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Geyloii'a is4e> Though every prospect pleases. And only man Is vile!...In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strowft; The Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose soilIS are lighted... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1845 - 640 Seiten
...majesty, and might, and praise for evermore." CS THE FAMILY OF GLENCARRA.— No. IV. BY SIDNEY O'MoBE. " What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we, to men benighted, The... | |
 | American Sunday-School Union - 1835 - 346 Seiten
...many on ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Tneir land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, all we, to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1835 - 462 Seiten
...many on ancient From many a palmy plain, . They call us lo deliver Their land from error's chain.. 4H 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 With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men bei\\%Vted The lamp of... | |
 | American Tract Society - 1835 - 224 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...of God are strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we, to men benighted, The lamp... | |
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