 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
 | Joshua Vaughan Himes - 1843 - 340 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 man benighted The lamp of... | |
 | John Alonzo Clark - 1843 - 270 Seiten
...to behold the evidences of piety, I was strikingly reminded of a verse in Heber's beautiful hymn : " What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone." It is true that the people around me were not avowed heathen, and did not literally bow down before... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - 1843 - 802 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... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - 1847 - 670 Seiten
...palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes mp Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, — — Though every...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. 8 Shall we, whose souls are lighted ^ With wisdom from on high, — Shall we, to men benighted, The... | |
 | Samuel Worcester, Samuel Melanchthon Worcester, Samuel Melancthon Worcester - 1843 - 296 Seiten
...to deliver Their land from error's chain. p 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o er Ceylon s isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man...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... | |
 | Edward Tottenham - 1843 - 282 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,...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... | |
 | Okehampton - 1843 - 116 Seiten
...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...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of Life... | |
 | Charles Parker Price - 1843 - 116 Seiten
...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. Can Tre, to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation ! oh, salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1844 - 582 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... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1844 - 660 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... | |
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