 From India's coral strand ; Where 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. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...  Selected Essays on Language, Mythology and Religion - Page 46by Friedrich Max Müller - 1881 - 4 pagesFull view - About this book
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...Icy mountains. From India's coral strand. Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand : From many an ancient river. From many a palmy plain,...isle; Though every prospect pleases. And only man is vile,-— In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of Cod are strewn ; The heathen In their blindness... | |
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...icy mountains,. From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll duwn their golden sand. From many an ancient river. From many a palmy plain....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... | |
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...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...Isle ; Though every prospect pleases. And only man is vile — In vain with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are strewn; The Heathen in their blindness,... | |
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...icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where ACric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain;...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, Bowe... | |
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...palmy plain; They call us to deliver Their land from Error's chain. and Whateley on Party Feeling. 97 What though the spicy breezes Blow (soft o'er Ceylon's...isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man it vile ; In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn ; The heathen, in his blindness,... | |
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...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, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile — In vain with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are strewn, The heathen, ¡в their blindness... | |
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...Afric's sunny fountains, Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river, From many a balmy plain They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 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,... | |
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