fair Having seen the world’s beauty

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

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