seen beauty the world’s Having fair

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

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