 | Reginald Heber - 1830 - 210 ページ
...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...to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation, O salvation! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation Has learned Messiah's name. Waft,... | |
 | Reginald Heber - 1830 - 200 ページ
...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...to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation, O salvation! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation Has learned Messiah's name. Waft,... | |
 | Reginald Heber - 1830 - 204 ページ
...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...whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Cao we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation, O salvation! The joyful sound proclaim,... | |
 | 1830 - 550 ページ
...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 of... | |
 | 1830 - 458 ページ
...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...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 - 1831 - 594 ページ
...ancient river, From many a palmy plain, TheV call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. P'l 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 of... | |
 | Nancy Towle - 1832 - 332 ページ
...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...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... | |
 | Samuel Wilberforce (bp. of Winchester) - 1832 - 166 ページ
...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...In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn : " The Heathen in his blindness 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high,... | |
 | 1833 - 548 ページ
...au ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They rail 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 \Vith wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp... | |
 | 1833 - 576 ページ
...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... | |
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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. 
