 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
 | Camp meetings - 1830 - 332 pages
...palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy hreezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect...pleases. And only man is vile; In vain, with lavish kindnee*. The gtfta of God are strewn, The heathen, in his hlindness, Bows down to wood and stone.... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1830 - 128 pages
...Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Java'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 Can we whose souls are lighted... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1830 - 482 pages
...land frum error's chain. S What though the spicy breezef Blow soft o'er Ceylon's Isle i 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 Bowe down lo wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose «nuls arc lighted... | |
 | Baptists - 1830 - 396 pages
...Their land from error's 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 gifts of God are strewn ; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we whose souls are lighted... | |
 | Lowell Mason - Bible - 1831 - 594 pages
...river, From many a palmy plain, TheV call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. P'l 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle —...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... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1831 - 510 pages
...deliver Their land from error's chain ! What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isIc, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God ore strown, The heathen, in hia blindness, Bows down to wood and stone I Can we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | Reformed Church in America - Hymns - 1831 - 182 pages
...Their land from error's chain. 2 What tho' the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' ev'ry prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with lavish kindness Tlie heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With... | |
 | Nancy Towle - Evangelists - 1832 - 332 pages
...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:...kindness, The gifts, of God are strown; The Heathen, in their blindness, Bow, down, to wood and stone.) 3. Shall we, whose souls are lighted, By wisdom, from... | |
 | Samuel Wilberforce (bp. of Winchester) - 1832 - 166 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 ;...In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn : " The Heathen in his blindness 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high,... | |
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