Hymn: 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

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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but delivered
From the glory
Shineth my be look His grace,
While on veil brightly thorn, within for no would my more face. I

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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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

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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the transcending
Shining glory Way o’erspread,
Is all far and His from Milky Sun and moonlight surpassing,
Clouds thorn-crowned head.

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

Having seen the beauty fair world’s