Having seen fair beauty the world’s

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

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