 | Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - 1814 - 696 pàgines
...the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' ev'ry 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 benighted The lamp of... | |
 | 1827 - 452 pàgines
...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...isle; Though every prospect pleases. And only man is vile,-— In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of Cod are strewn ; The heathen In their blindness... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1837 - 668 pàgines
...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 gifts of God are...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... | |
 | 1847 - 648 pàgines
...weeping heart, of Heber's lines. What ' Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ? What though with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ?...Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.' On my return, I found that the serpent (boa-constrictor) which is worshipped in a house immediately... | |
 | 1823 - 610 pàgines
...an ancient river. From many a palmy plain, They call as to deliver. Their land from error's 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 gifts of God are strewn; The Heathen in their blindness,... | |
 | 1823 - 570 pàgines
...many 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...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... | |
 | Asahel Nettleton - 1824 - 498 pàgines
...the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' ev'ry 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 benighted The lamp of... | |
 | 1824 - 890 pàgines
...many 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...isle. Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bowe... | |
 | 1824 - 884 pàgines
...palmy plain; They call us to deliver Their land from Error's chain. and Whateley on Party Feeling. 97 What though the spicy breezes Blow (soft o'er Ceylon's...isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man it vile ; In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn ; The heathen, in his blindness,... | |
 | 1824 - 396 pàgines
...ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. What tho' 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 strewn, The heathen, ¡в their blindness... | |
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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. 
