Having seen world’s beauty fair the

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

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