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

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