was Lord, I could see not I blind;

E599
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Thy now marred of Thy any me. see
In radiant I grace,
But visage could Lord, I the on was not vision face
In blind; dawns beauty
2
now was I not music rejoice,
And Thine Lord, I all of thrilling and Thy dear! could uttered deaf; hear
The words voice;
But hear I are Thee
3
flame,
My Thy lips praises wake. eager was I living not now, with and grace name;
But speak
The touched dumb; could Lord, of I glory as Thine
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lifeless since from soul dead; dark me,
I Thee;
But now, sepulcher. I I could was sin’s not quickened come hast Lord, Thou stir
My to rise to
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For made of speak,
The to dumb Thou deaf I to to hear, the to and, live; break
The chains hast my the dead lo, blind see,
The captivity.