“He is the giver of breath, and strength is his gift.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The high Gods revere his commandments.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
His shadow is life, his shadow is death;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Who is He to whom we shall offer our sacrifice?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Through His might He became lord of the living<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
and glittering world<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
And he rules the world and the men and the beasts<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Who is he to whom we shall offer our sacrifice?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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From his strength the mountains take being, and<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
the sea, they say,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
And the distant river;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
And these are his body and his two arms.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Who is He to whom we shall offer our sacrifice?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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He made the sky and the earth, and His will<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
fixed these places,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Yet they look to Him and tremble.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The risen sun shines forth over Him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Who is He to whom we shall offer our sacrifice?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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He looked over the waters which stored His power<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
and gendered the sacrifice.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
He is God over Gods.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Who is He to whom we shall offer our sacrifice?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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May He not hurt us, He who made the earth,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Who made the sky and the shining sea?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Who is this God to whom we shall offer sacrifice.”<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
A hymn from the Veda which John Steinbeck employed as the motif<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
of his third novel “To a God Unknown” of which my paperback copy<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
ls published by Penguin Group [USA] Inc. 375 Hudson Street,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. and contains a quite concise and<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
informative biography in the introduction by Robert De Mott.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Islander.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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