world's beauty seen fair the Having

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

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