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. Poe, s - Página 139por Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1830Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Cheshire Pastoral Association (Cheshire, Conn.) - 1845 - 498 páginas
...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...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 men benighted The lamp of life... | |
| General Association of Connecticut - 1845 - 730 páginas
...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...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... | |
| William Greenleaf Eliot - 1845 - 406 páginas
...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...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 men benighted The lamp of life... | |
| William Russell - 1846 - 420 páginas
...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...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... | |
| John Greenleaf Adams, Edwin Hubbell Chapin - 1843 - 820 páginas
...ancient river, From many a palmy plain,— They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. H What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...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 men benighted The lamp of life... | |
| 1846 - 510 páginas
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| Cheshire Pastoral Association - 1846 - 574 páginas
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| Baptist union - 1846 - 580 páginas
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| Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 372 páginas
...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 isle) Though...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood, and stone. 3. Shall ue, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high ; Shall tee, to men benighted, The lamp... | |
| John Greenleaf Adams, Edwin Hubbell Chapin - 1846 - 706 páginas
...palmy plain, — They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy hreezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle ; • Though every prospect...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 men benighted The lamp of life... | |
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