Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?

Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

Suffer and expect.

Suffer and expect.

Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.

Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.

So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.

So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.

He that once hitts, is ever bending.

He that once hitts, is ever bending.

Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.

Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.

In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.

In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.

And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.

And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.