I Lord, not blind; could see was I

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