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DANIEL, THE CISTERCIAN.


  In the gallery of the monastery of Osseg, one of the oldest religious
foundations in Bohemia, is a picture representing a Cistercian named
Daniel, whose cell is illuminated during his hours of nightly study, by
a light proceeding from his own hand.

 
Apart, on bleak Bohemian height,
The gray old monastery stood,
Encircled by a frowning wood,
And 'twas the dead of night.

The meek Cistercian in his cell
Lay watching through that hour of gloom ;
And black as vaulted, lampless tomb,
The darkness round him fell.