seen the fair Having beauty world’s

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

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