the beauty seen Having world’s fair

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

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