 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...  The Friend of Peace - Strana viii1827Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1799 - Počet stránok 396
...give the Holy Scriptures to the world, without note or comment, at the smallest possible expense ? Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation, oh ! salvation, The joyful sound proclaim, Till each... | |
 | Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - 1814 - Počet stránok 696
...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 The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on... | |
 | 1827 - Počet stránok 452
...prospect pleases. And only man is vile,-— In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of Cod are strewn ; The heathen In their blindness Bow down to wood and...from on high, Shall we to man benighted The lamp of light deny ( Salvation IO Salvation! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation Has learn'd... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1837 - Počet stránok 668
...the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's islef 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." When, O when shall these desolate places of the earth,... | |
 | 1847 - Počet stránok 648
...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 ? The Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.' On my return, I found that the serpent (boa-constrictor)... | |
 | 1823 - Počet stránok 600
...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 strown : The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high,... | |
 | 1823 - Počet stránok 594
...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 strown; The Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high,... | |
 | 1823 - Počet stránok 610
...prospect pleases. And only man is vile — 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, By wisdom from on high, Slinll we to man benighted The lamp of life deny? Salvation!... | |
 | 1823 - Počet stránok 570
...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* Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high.... | |
 | 1824 - Počet stránok 396
...— In vain with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are strewn, The heathen, ¡в their blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted, By wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted, The Lamp of Life deny? Salvation! oh, salvation! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each... | |
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