 | Bible - 1830 - 502 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Reginald Heber - English poetry - 1830 - 192 pages
...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...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Can we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | Reginald Heber - English poetry - 1830 - 192 pages
...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...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Can we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1830
...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...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Can we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | Francis William Pitt Greenwood - Bible - 1830 - 590 pages
...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 Bbws down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high, Shall we to... | |
 | Lowell Mason, David Greene - Bible - 1831 - 576 pages
...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...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high — Shall we to man benighted The lamp of... | |
 | English poetry - 1831 - 264 pages
...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...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to man benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1832
...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...Heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone ! Can we, whose souls are lighted With Wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | Nancy Towle - Evangelists - 1832 - 294 pages
...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 their blindness, Bow, down, to wood and stone.) 3. Shall we, whose souls are lighted, By wisdom, from... | |
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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. 
