 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...  Chips from a German Workshop - Page 247by Friedrich Max Müller - 1875Full view - About this book
 | Reginald Heber - Hymns, English - 1828 - 340 pages
...land from error's chain ! 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, 1 > Bows down to wood and stone ! Can we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom... | |
 | Religious poetry - 1828 - 198 pages
...Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft on Ceylon's isle, Though every 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 und stone. 3 Shall we whose souls are lighted... | |
 | Episcopal Church - Bible - 1828 - 380 pages
...land from error's chain. 2 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 strewn ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1828 - 138 pages
...Their land from error's chain! What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Java's isle, Though every 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 we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | Religion - 1828 - 588 pages
...Their land from error's chain ! What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Java's isle, Though every 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 we, whose souls arc lighted... | |
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Java's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man ia vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown, Tin- Heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone f Can ne, whose souls are lighted With... | |
 | Jabez Burns - 1829 - 378 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Collection - 1829 - 628 pages
...Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft on Ceylon's isle, Though ev'ry 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. 3 Shall we whose souls are lighted... | |
 | Josiah Pratt - Bible - 1829 - 536 pages
...from Error's chain. , , 2 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 i The gifts of God are strown ; , , , The Heathen in IMS blindness . _ •; Bows down to wood and stone.... | |
 | Reginald Heber - Church year - 1830 - 210 pages
...Their land from error's chain. 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. Can we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom... | |
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