 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...  Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant - Pàgina 286per American Seamen's Friend Society - 1843 - 443 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Episcopal Church - 1835 - 636 pàgines
...Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; Fr^m many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's...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 of God are strewn... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1835 - 598 pàgines
...fairness of a country scene : but how sadly, as well as beautifully true, are Bishop Heber's lines,— ' In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.' It is often where the material forms of nature wear their loveliest aspect, that moral degradation... | |
 | William Allen - 1835 - 812 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...though the spicy 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... | |
 | William Bourn Oliver Peabody - 1835 - 426 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'et Ceylon's isle ; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with lavish kindness... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1835 - 110 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 on Java's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with lavish kindness... | |
 | 1835 - 476 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 sou o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile; In vain with lavish kindness... | |
 | American Sunday-School Union - 1835 - 356 pàgines
...every prospect please?, And only man is vile: In vain with lavish kindness The gills of God are strown; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls arc lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we, to men benighted The lamp of life deny ! Salvation!... | |
 | 1836 - 116 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...kindness, The gifts of God are strewn ; The heathen in their blindness, Bow down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on... | |
 | 1952 - 708 pàgines
...there is a humorous anecdote in connection with the very verse quoted by Mr. Kolodin. The text runs: What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...isle; Though every prospect pleases And only man is vile . . . When I visited Ceylon I discovered that the hymn book in use in the churches of that island... | |
 | Arvind Sharma - 1988 - 236 pàgines
...(1822-26). The hymn is entitled, "From Greenland's Icy Mountains," and includes the following verse: What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...strewn, The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.69 While use of the word "heathen" was common, it was unkind, injudicious, and inaccurate... | |
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