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 - Página viii1827Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1799 - 396 páginas
...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 - 696 páginas
...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 - 452 páginas
...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 - 668 páginas
...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 - 648 páginas
...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 - 600 páginas
...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 - 594 páginas
...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 - 610 páginas
...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 - 570 páginas
...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 - 396 páginas
...— 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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