could Lord, I I see was blind; not

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grace,
But was I Thy visage vision the of face
In me. marred dawns beauty Thy radiant Lord, blind; I not see
In on could any now
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hear Thine Thee rejoice,
And I could of and hear
The are all music voice;
But dear! not thrilling deaf; was words now I I Lord, uttered Thy
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dumb; grace I speak
The Thy as was living lips could flame,
My Lord, I not Thine eager name;
But touched praises with and now, glory wake. of
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sin’s hast Thee;
But sepulcher. me,
I to to lifeless was I dead; since I could dark stir
My Thou not Lord, from quickened soul come rise now,
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hear, and, see,
The lo, to the made I speak,
The to to Thou of deaf live; my hast break
The captivity. dumb chains dead For to the blind