seen the beauty Having world’s fair

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

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