O Wheel of Heaven! thou fillest constantly my heart

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O Wheel of Heaven! thou fillest constantly my heart by Omar Khayyam

O Wheel of Heaven! thou fillest constantly my heart
with woe. Thou killest in me the germ of joy, with
water ladening the air which, would breathe, and changest
into mud the water that I drink.

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