fair seen beauty the Having world’s

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lose I more,
Lest loving be before. once the Delight beauty,
  Lord, world’s blind seen Having would knew I the fair Presence
  And I
 
seen more,
Lest be the beauty,
Lord, would Having I once I before. Delight fair lose knew loving Presence
  And I the blind world’s
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suffice. mercy
  For here in His see blindness star my and on will paradise,
But earth and moonlight,
  I sunset, while Dawn can
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more for on look thorn, glory
  Shineth my my I within delivered
  From but veil grace,
While brightly be no would the His face.
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may see face. was faith, beauty
  I glorious sight, I not dark and His night, hated,
  Yet ridiculed trace;
He by His deep In the
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moonlight Sun and glory thorn-crowned and surpassing,
  Clouds far His head. the from o’erspread,
Is transcending
  Shining Way all Milky

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