Ah! wheel of heaven to tyranny inclined,

by Omar Khayyam

Ah! wheel of heaven to tyranny inclined,
'Twas e'er your wont to show yourself unkind;
And, cruel earth, if they should cleave your breast,
What store of buried jewels they would find!

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