the fair Having world’s seen beauty

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

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