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. Poe, s - Seite 139von Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1830Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Thomas Hastings - 1836 - 638 Seiten
...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...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone ! di 3 Can we whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of... | |
| John Sandford - 1837 - 252 Seiten
...the ransom'd there : Hallelujah ! us safe to thee, O God. 4-7. TE1cHINOPOLY. PM (7'» & 6's, double.) FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral...Heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to man benighted, The lamp of... | |
| Johannes Zollikofer - 1837 - 722 Seiten
...an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 9 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall •we, whose sonls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp... | |
| 1837 - 90 Seiten
...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...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 men benighted The lamp of life... | |
| 1837 - 456 Seiten
...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...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... | |
| Lowell Mason, David Greene - 1837 - 582 Seiten
...vile?— In vain, with lavish kindness, Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle— Though every prospect pleases, The gifts of God are strown; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted The lamp of life deny?— t Salvation \—oh, salvation! By wisdom... | |
| Edward Davies (of Kingswinford) - 1839 - 296 Seiten
...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...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... | |
| James Harvey Linsley - 1839 - 432 Seiten
...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...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... | |
| Isaac Watts, Samuel Worcester, Samuel Melancthon Worcester - 1839 - 780 Seiten
...the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vije: In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are...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... | |
| Methodist Episcopal Church - 1840 - 760 Seiten
...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...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... | |
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