The might of gentleness so conquered them,
The priests themselves scattered their altar-flames
And flung away the steel of sacrifice:
And through the land next day passed a decree
Proclaimed by criers, and in this wise graved
On rock and column: ‘Thus the King’s will is:—
There hath been slaughter for the Sacrifice,
And slaying for the Meat, but henceforth none
Shall spill the blood of life, nor taste of flesh,
Seeing that Knowledge grows, and Life is one,