 | 1821 - 632 lehte
...chain. Has learnt Messiah's name! 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 Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from... | |
 | Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - 1814 - 696 lehte
...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...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... | |
 | 1827 - 452 lehte
...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...vile,-— In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of Cod are strewn ; The heathen In their blindness Bow down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1837 - 668 lehte
...the depths of the bottomless pit : 121 " What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's islef Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile?...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone." When, O when shall these desolate places of the earth, spiritually bud and blossom as the rose? When... | |
 | 1823 - 408 lehte
...Roll down tbeir golden sand . From nifiny an ancient river, From manv a palmy plain, They call us t» deliver Their land from error's chain. What though...spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's Isle; Though evi'ry prospect pleases, And only man is vilt1 — In vain with lavish kindness The gif-s of God are... | |
 | 1847 - 648 lehte
...weeping heart, of Heber's lines. What ' Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ? What though with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ?...Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.' On my return, I found that the serpent (boa-constrictor) which is worshipped in a house immediately... | |
 | 1823 - 610 lehte
...fountains Roll down their golden sund; From many an ancient river. From many a palmy plain, They call as to deliver. Their land from error's chain . What though...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 sonls are lighted,... | |
 | 1823 - 594 lehte
...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...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 strown;... | |
 | 1823 - 600 lehte
...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. What tho' the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' every prospect pleases, And only man is vile... | |
 | 1824 - 890 lehte
...ACric'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...In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bowe down to wood and «tone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
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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. 
