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THE BLESSED

Cumhal called out, bending his head,

Till Dathi came and stood,

With a blink in his eyes at the cave mouth,

Between the wind and the wood.

And Cumhal said, bending his knees,

'I have come by the windy way

'To gather the half of your blessedness

'And learn to pray when you pray.

'I can bring you salmon out of the streams

'And heron out of the skies.'

But Dathi folded his hands and smiled

With the secrets of God in his eyes.

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And Cumhal saw like a drifting smoke

All manner of blessed souls,

Women and children, young men with books,

And old men with croziers and stoles.

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