Having the fair beauty seen world’s

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

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