the seen world’s beauty Having fair

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

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