fair Having seen the world’s beauty

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

This author, shortly sight. after hymn had written who its was been blind, her gained born