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

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

Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.

Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.

All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.

All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.

O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!

O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!

The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.

The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.

We take no note of time
But from its loss.

We take no note of time
But from its loss.

This is the real secret of all that indignation.

This is the real secret of all that indignation.

Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.