 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.  Annotations Upon Popular Hymns - Seite 446von Charles Seymour Robinson - 1893 - 581 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Carus Wilson - 1837 - 668 Seiten
...121 " What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's islef Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile? In vain with lavish kindness The...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone." When, O when shall these desolate places of the earth, spiritually bud and blossom as the rose? When... | |
 | 1823 - 600 Seiten
...Error's chain. What tho' the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with lavish kindness The...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | 1823 - 570 Seiten
...chain. 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...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone* Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high. Shall we to men benighted The lamp of light... | |
 | 1823 - 594 Seiten
...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 lavish kindness, The...Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | 1822 - 768 Seiten
...Error's chain. What tho' the ipicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' every prospect pleases, And only man is vile; In vain with lavish kindness The...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | 1826 - 362 Seiten
...Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's...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... | |
 | 1827 - 346 Seiten
...chain. 2 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...wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny 1 Salvation ! O salvation !... | |
 | William Cogswell - 1827 - 558 Seiten
...2 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...Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone, 3 Waft, waft, ye winds! his story, And you, ye waters! roll, Till, like a flood of glory, It spreads... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 Seiten
...chain. What though the spicy breezes Blow soft on Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile: In vain, with lavish kindness, The...Heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high ? Shall we to man benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | Poetic gleanings - 1827 - 182 Seiten
...chain. 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,...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high; Shall we, to men benighted, The Lamp of... | |
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