fair the seen Having world’s beauty

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

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