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

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