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UMHAL the king, being angry and sad,
 * Came by the woody way

To the cave, where Dathi the Blessed had gone,
 * To hide from the troubled day.

Cumhal called out, bowing his head,
 * Till Dathi came and stood,

With blinking eyes, at the cave's edge,
 * Between the wind and the wood.

And Cumhal said, bending his knees,
 * "I come by the windy way

To gather the half of your blessedness
 * And learn the prayers that you say.

"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.

And