world’s fair seen Having the beauty

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

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