was I see Lord, could not blind; I

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