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. Hymns for the Use of the Evangelical Lutheran Church - Página 211por Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States - 1865 - 468 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1836 - 116 páginas
...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 their blindness, Bow down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
| 1836 - 116 páginas
...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 their blindness, Bow down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
| 1837 - 90 páginas
...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...wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation ! O salvation !... | |
| Johannes Zollikofer - 1837 - 722 páginas
...error's chain. 9 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...Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall •we, whose sonls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation... | |
| John Sandford - 1837 - 252 páginas
...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...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... | |
| Lowell Mason, David Greene - 1837 - 582 páginas
...vile?— In vain, with lavish kindness, Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle— Though every prospect pleases, The gifts of God are strown; The heathen, in his blindness,...wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted The lamp of life deny?— t Salvation \—oh, salvation! By wisdom from on high— Shall we to man... | |
| Arvind Sharma - 1988 - 236 páginas
...following verse: 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.69 While use of the word "heathen"... | |
| Arvind Sharma - 1988 - 236 páginas
...following verse: 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 arc strewn. The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.49 While use of the word "heathen"... | |
| Wilfred Cantwell Smith - 1991 - 360 páginas
...runs as follows: 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...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. The hymn had extremely wide use in the English-speaking Protestant church for a time. Later, however,... | |
| Glenn C. Wilcox - 1993 - 366 páginas
...cntuii. 2 What though the spicy broeia Blow soft o'er Ceylon 'a isle. Though every prospect please*, And only man is vile ; In vain, with lavish kindness. The gifts of God ore strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are... | |
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