 | 1834 - 320 Seiten
...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...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 men benighted The lamp of... | |
 | 1834 - 122 Seiten
...the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceyion's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1834 - 512 Seiten
...Though every prospect pleases, And 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 souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | James Clarke Franks - 1834 - 572 Seiten
...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 With wiMdoni from On higl, Shall we td men benighted The lampbf... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1835 - 110 Seiten
...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...souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we, to man benighted, The lamp of life deny ? Salvation ! oh, salvation! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each... | |
 | William Allen - 1835 - 812 Seiten
...breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, And ev'ry prospect pleases ? — mp Yet man, alas, is vile! — In vain, with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on hi";h, — Shall we to men benighted The lamp of... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1835 - 462 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | William Allen - 1835 - 850 Seiten
...breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, And ev'ry prospect pleases?— mp Yet man, alas, is vile ! — In vain, with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. S Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high, — Shall we to men benighted The lamp... | |
 | American Sunday-School Union - 1835 - 346 Seiten
...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...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... | |
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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. 
