the fair world’s beauty seen Having

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

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