 | Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - 1814 - Liczba stron: 696
...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 lavish kindness The gifts of...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 life... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1837 - Liczba stron: 668
...though 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...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 - Liczba stron: 600
...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 The gifts of...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... | |
 | 1823 - Liczba stron: 570
...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...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 light... | |
 | 1823 - Liczba stron: 594
...though 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...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... | |
 | Asahel Nettleton - 1824 - Liczba stron: 498
...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 lavish kindness ' The gifts...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 life... | |
 | 1822 - Liczba stron: 768
...What tho' the ipicy 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...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... | |
 | 1826 - Liczba stron: 362
...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...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lightedBy wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | William Cogswell - 1827 - Liczba stron: 558
...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...Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone, 3 Waft, waft, ye winds! his story, And you, ye waters! roll, Till, like a flood of glory, It spreads... | |
 | Poetic gleanings - 1827 - Liczba stron: 182
...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...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... | |
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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. 
