world’s Having fair seen beauty the

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

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