world’s fair the beauty seen Having

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

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