fair world’s beauty seen Having the

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

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