Before he put the covering on

Before he put the covering on,
They could not on his visage gaze:
But brighter thro’ the veil it shone,
The glory of his hidden face.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “He put a veil on his face.”—[Exod.] xxxiv. 33. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 57.
Publishing: Public Domain