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

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

Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.

Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.

Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.

Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.

I'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.

I'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.

Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to read more

Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to come,
And Mem'ry gild the past.

It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy read more

It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value.

They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.

They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.

The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.

The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.