Having seen the beauty fair world’s

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

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