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

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