seen beauty Having world's fair the

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

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