world's the seen fair beauty Having

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

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