Chinese and Arabian Literature - E. Wilson - The Search For Mecca

PART IV.—ODES OF THE TEMPLE AND ALTAR
BOOK I
SACRIFICIAL ODES OF CHOW
Appropriate to a Sacrifice to King Wan
My offerings here are given,
A ram, a bull.
Accept them, mighty Heaven,
All-bountiful.
Thy statutes, O great king,
I keep, I love
So on the realm to bring
Peace from above.
From Wan comes blessing rich
Now on the right
He owns those gifts to which
Him I invite.
Do I not night and day,
Revere great Heaven,
That thus its favor may
To Chow be given ?
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