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The Celeſtial Country.
The beautiful ſimplicity of its artleſs, childlike lines portrays more naturally the fervid imagery of the monk. After ſeven hundred years of darkneſs, the holy fervor of Bernard re-kindles in it as warmly as when in the warmth of his devotion he believed himſelf ſpecially inſpired by the Moſt High. In another language, at another time, and among thoſe who can but dimly trace his name in the crumbling record of his works, the Rhyme of the poor monk relives to gladden the hearts of other Chriſtians, loved by ſuch as poſſeſs its faith, and treaſured by the gentleſt and the beſt of earth.3
