seen fair beauty the world’s Having

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

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