world’s fair beauty seen the Having

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

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