 | Walter Burgh - 1826 - 382 pàgines
...2. 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 gifts...Heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. S. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high ; Shall Shall we, to man benighted, The... | |
 | 1829 - 140 pàgines
...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... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1826 - 464 pàgines
...ancient river, From many a palmy plain,— They call us to deliver Their lanil from error's chain. 2 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from...Shall we to men benighted The lamp of light deny? Snlvation ! O salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, 'Till each remotest nation Has learn'd Messiah's... | |
 | 1826 - 362 pàgines
...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. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lightedBy wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation ! O salvation... | |
 | 1826 - 398 pàgines
...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 Bow down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high,... | |
 | 1826 - 352 pàgines
...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 strovvn ; The heathen in his blindness . Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | 1827 - 162 pàgines
...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 gifts...from on high, Shall we, to men benighted The lamp of life deny? Salvation! oh, Salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim Till each remotest nation Has learnt... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1827 - 140 pàgines
...though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's Isle; • Though ev'ry prospect pleases, Ana only man is vile: In vain with lavish kindness The gifts...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. S Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we, to men benighted The lamp of... | |
 | 1827 - 590 pàgines
...! What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Java's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts...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... | |
 | 1827 - 854 pàgines
...though the spicy breezes, Blow soft from Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man *s vile ; In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shnll we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall 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 strewn ; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 
