the beauty fair Having world’s seen

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

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