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Subject: WATER-WHEELS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` THE OLD WATER-WHEEL, by JOHN RUSKIN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It lies beside the river; where its marge
Last Line: How they once sounded. All is silent now.
Subject(s): Water-wheels


THE SAKIYEH, by MATHILDE BLIND    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: How long shall man be nature's fool?' man cries
Last Line: Bound blindfold to the groaning wheel of time.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude
Subject(s): Egypt; Water-wheels


THE WATERWHEEL, by ELEANOR VAN WINKLE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Unending was the path the camel trod
Last Line: Serving a man-made god -- and they are blind!
Subject(s): Egypt; Water-wheels