Much is made of the elements in this composition. In the Gaelic one already referred to, Columba guards in the last verses against any tendency to Pantheism that might be connected with his expressions. He declares:—
“I adore not the voice of birds,
Nor the sreod, nor a destiny, or the earthly world,
Nor a son, nor chance, nor woman;
My Druid is Christ, the Son of God,—
Christ, the Son of Mary, the Great Abbot,
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
My estates are with the King of kings;
My order is at Cenannus and Moen.”