seen world’s beauty fair Having the

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

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