“ O pleasant Food, O Food of meath, thee have we chosen for our own, So be our kind protector thou. 3. Come hitherward to us, O Food, auspicious with auspicious help, Health-bringing, not unkind, a dear and guileless friend. 4. These juices which, O Food, are thine throughout the regions are diffused. like winds they have their place in heaven. 5. These gifts of thine, O Food, O Food most sweet to taste, These savours of thy juices work like creatures that have mighty necks. 6. In thee, O Food, is set the spirit of great Gods. ”