the fair world’s seen Having beauty

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

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