the fair beauty Having seen world’s

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

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