 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...  The Poetical Works of Reginald Heber - Page 249by Reginald Heber - 1858 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lowell Mason - Bible - 1834 - 582 pages
...Their land from error's chain. pi I 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle — Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile?...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 man benighted The lamp of... | |
 | Thomas Russell - Bible - 1834 - 612 pages
...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;...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... | |
 | China - 1833 - 2950 pages
...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... | |
 | Hymns - 1834 - 294 pages
...deliver, Their land from error's drain. 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... | |
 | James Clarke Franks - Hymns, English - 1834 - 572 pages
...river. Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Geyloii'a is4e> Though every 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... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1834 - 512 pages
...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 gifU of God arc strown, The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone ! Can we, whose... | |
 | American Sunday-School Union - Hymns, English - 1835 - 346 pages
...deliver Tneir 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...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... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - Sermons, American - 1835 - 462 pages
...deliver Their land from error's chain.. 4H What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile...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... | |
 | American Tract Society - Hymns, English - 1835 - 224 pages
...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...of God are strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we, to men benighted, The lamp... | |
 | William Allen - Bible - 1835 - 850 pages
...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 gifts...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... | |
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