 | William Dossey - 1836 - 498 pàgines
...sunny fountains Roll down thpir golden sand ; From 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 eon o'er Ceylon's isle— Though every prospect pleases And only man is vile ? — In vain, with lavish... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1836 - 758 pàgines
...land from error's chain. p 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 gifts of God are strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. — 3 Shall we, whose souls are... | |
 | Thomas Hastings - 1836 - 638 pàgines
...2 What though the spicy breezes, p Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, cr 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 ! di 3 Can we whose souls are lighted... | |
 | Franklin Langworthy - 1836 - 252 pàgines
...fountains Roll down their golden sand, From many on ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us lo deliver Their land from error's 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... | |
 | John Parry - 1837 - 216 pàgines
...from Er - ror's chain. II. What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle ; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with...kindness The gifts of God are strewn,— The heathen, in their blindness, Bow down to wood and stone. in. Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on... | |
 | 1837 - 116 pàgines
...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 chain. 2 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... | |
 | 1837 - 90 pàgines
...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 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... | |
 | William Juvenal Colville - 1916 - 362 pàgines
...of the singers to any high appreciation of divine wisdom when they declare in a preceding sentence, "In vain with lavish kindness the gifts of God are strewn." The reverential Hindoo has far too deep a sense of the wisdom of Deity to believe that God does anything... | |
 | 1917 - 214 pàgines
...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 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... | |
 | Ebenezer E. Lewis - 1917 - 168 pàgines
...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 down to wood and stone. Can we, whose souls are lighted... | |
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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. 
