Who framed the lots of quick and dead but Thou?

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Who framed the lots of quick and dead but Thou? by Omar Khayyam

Who framed the lots of quick and dead but Thou?
Who turns the troublous wheel of heaven but Thou?
Though we are sinful slaves, is it for Thee
To blame us? Who created us but Thou?

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