 From India's coral strand ; Where 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....  The Poetical Works of Reginald Heber - Page 87by Reginald Heber - 1853 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1827 - 590 pages
...call us to deliver Their land from error's chain ! What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Java's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man...In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn, The Heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone ! Can we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1827 - 162 pages
...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 gifts of God are strewn; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1827 - 140 pages
...What 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 of God are strewn ; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. S Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | Peace - 1827 - 548 pages
...many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen, in their blindness, Bow down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high,... | |
 | Reginald Heber - Hymns, English - 1828 - 340 pages
...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...of God are strown, The heathen, in his blindness, 1 > Bows down to wood and stone ! Can we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 452 pages
...Their land from error's chain. 2 What tho' the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with...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... | |
 | Episcopal Church - Bible - 1828 - 380 pages
...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...In vain, with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are strewn ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | Religious poetry - 1828 - 198 pages
...They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft on Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And...In vain, with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are strewn, The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood und stone. 3 Shall we whose souls are lighted... | |
 | Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1828 - 138 pages
...call us to deliver Their land from error's chain! What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Java's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man...In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn, The Heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone! Can we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | Religion - 1828 - 580 pages
...call us to deliver Their land from error's chain ! What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Java's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man...In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn, The Heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone '• Can we, whose souls are lighted... | |
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