 | 1827 - 452 pages
...an ancient river. From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. , What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...vile,-— In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of Cod are strewn ; The heathen In their blindness Bow down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are... | |
 | 1823 - 610 pages
...an ancient river. From many a palmy plain, They call as to deliver. Their land from error's chain . What though the spicy breezes. Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...kindness, The gifts of God are strewn; The Heathen in their blindness, Bow down to wood and stone. Shall we whose sonls are lighted, By wisdom from on high,... | |
 | 1823 - 570 pages
...many an ancient river. From many a palmy plain. They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...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... | |
 | 1824 - 890 pages
...many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain; They call us to deliver Their land from Error's chain. What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...of God are strewn ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bowe down to wood and «tone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we... | |
 | 1824 - 724 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1824 - 396 pages
...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...kindness, The gifts of God are strewn, The heathen, ¡в their blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted, By wisdom from... | |
 | 1824 - 884 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1825 - 498 pages
...in peace together.— Lectures on the Christian Keligion. Matthew Allen. 51 " What though the spic)' breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's Isle ; Though every...In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ; < The heathen in their blindness Bow down to wood and stone. " Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | 1825 - 90 pages
...an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 41 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...pleases, And only man is vile — In vain with lavish kindnesi The jjii'ii of God are strown, The heathen in their blindnesi Bow down to wood and stone.... | |
 | Select poetry - 1825 - 182 pages
...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...In vain with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are shewn, The Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we whose souls are lighted With... | |
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Greenland's 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, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 
