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OL D S U N D IA LS

BY LAUNCELOT CROSS

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S U N D IA L MOTTOES

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THE LI ST OF I LLU STRA TI ON S

from wa ter - colour drawings éy AL FR E D RAWLI NGS

a nd black- a nd-w/zife skete/zes by WARR I NGTON HOGG

Metfiinks it were a kappy life ” To a rv out dials ua int/ oini b oint c e q y, p y p .

I n til e osses sion o S ir Fr a n Cris Fr i r Pa rk p f k p , a H n - e ley ow l a mes .

I B Y H T I O D AL ERECTED C ARLES II . A W NDS R ' Wlzata d ad t/zin is a lo k eom a rea wiflz Me sim l e g c c , p p e alta r - like structure a nd silent k ar t- la ng uage of t/ze old dial

I n tlz e assess im S ir Fra n Crzis Fr ia r Pa rk f qf k p , , H - m ley ou Tiz a mes .

DIAL IN C HURCHYARD AT HEADCORN

OX H TO B DIAL AT FER ALL, N RIDGE

DIAL OVER B OOT- S HOP AT RYE

E O H S DIAL IN DEANERY GARD N, R C E TER

REMAINS OF ROMAN DIAL AT LYMINGE

u DIAL IN CHURCHYARD AT LYMPN E T H E BOOK

A D ia l is t/ze A na tomie of tlze D ay a nd a S ca le Milesfor t/ze jonrnie oftil e S un

I n til e ossession o S ir Fr n Cr is Fria r P r p f a k p , a k,

DIAL IN MAI D STONE MUS EUM

DIAL ON OLD HOUS E I N S ARUM CLOS E

DI AL AT S MEETH

ROMAN POC KET DIAL FOUND AT B UX TON OLD DIALAND MOTTO DIAL AT DENTON

DIAL AT MERS HAM CHURC H

Tin sundia l stood as tile g arde n god of Cli ristia n G ard ns [ts oke o mod ra t la ours o l asur e . p f e e b , fp e e ” notpr otracted after sunset.

I n tke ossession o S ir Fra n Cris F r ia r Pa rk p f k p , , - He n ley on Tha mes . DIAL AT ALDINGTON

S UNDIAL IN CHURC HYARD AT TID ESWELL

S I H S P C ST OSS WI CH S UND AL AT O I E OF CR , N E TER

DIAL IN CHURCHYARD OF WIMB ORNE MINSTER

DIAL ON B ANQUETING HALL OF WINGFIELD MANOR 48 OLD SU NDIALS W

DIAL AT B AKEWELL C HURCH

S UNDIAL AT WINCHESTER COLLEGE

T/ze D ial s ms a witn ss will: a sil nt voi a mid ee e e ce,

ilz el mn es o tnis l tot/ze lastin n ss o t/zin s . e g f ife, g e f g

S /z E s . R a din I n the possess i on of W. H. mil , q , e g .

DIAL ON TOWN HALL OF RYE

DIAL IN A GARDEN AT DOVER

FRAGMENT OF ANCIENT DIAL AT WAREHORNE

DIAL IN CHILHAM CHURCHYARD

ROMAN DIAL IN DOVER MUS EUM

OLD DIALS AND MOTTOES

A las ! t/ze idle ta le of ma n is found t d t ’ D ep ic e in il e dia l s moral round.

I n lz a rd o P w lz r t e g en f a d ort , B e ks .

DIAL ON ANCIENT CROSS AT FOLK ES TONE

S TAINED - GLASS SUNDIAL AT DERBY

SU N DIAL AT CANTERB URY

T ST T B SH DIAL A CA LE ON, DER Y IRE

DIAL A T MINSTERI N K ENT OLD SUNDIALS

l e sa ndial was so ag ed I t lza d a tfiered a tlzon lz nl race g g tf g .

I n the osse ssion o S ir Fr n Cr is Fr i r P r p f a k ! , a a k,

DIAL ON CHU R C H or K ING C HARL ES THE MARTYR

’ DIAL ON VIRGIN S TOWER A T DOVER

DIAL AT CHILHAM C ASTLE

is a n old r l T dia l da e witiz ma n a sta in . , y

I n r de n a t F inoka ms tea d B er s . a g a , k OLD SU NDIAL S

OLD SU NDI ALS “1 BY LAU NC ELOT C ROSS

S the divine not wrong in

his witty reply to the question , What is Time ! ” “A piece of ” E ternity cut Offat both e ndS! A o man in his beginning , his continuance up n

E . earth , and his end , is in and ofthe ternal ! Then what is Time Nothing. Not even as much as smoke : less is it than the shadow of a shade ! A certain succession of natural phen omena has been observed ; man creates out of it these an imaginary something , and names Time ! H e afterwards embodies this fantastical creature andpresents a bent , baldold man mov in w t e t g as i h palsied step , y wearing wings ; he has one great forelock ; he carries a scythe and

- a sand glass . So has man played with the phenomena

t. which determine his entrance , experience , exi But there has been a long prologue tothis tragi comedy . The sun appears to rise and se t; whilst : w it shines, man names the period , day he dra s an imaginary line in the centre of its shining course or t h t the , no esw en itis highes in heavens , 3 2 TH E BOOK O F

- and calls that mid day . H e then proceeds with n the inve tion of intermediate imaginary lines , minute s s e conds andnamesthe intervals hours , , .

- H ence arose time measures of many kinds , of i ’ wh chthenoblestandchief is the sundial . Man s innate respect for this in its authority and ver acity is shown in his usually placing upon it mottoes ofadmonition , as for a perpetual mem orial . — — A dial motto to use a forcible idiom re an quires you all by yourself, like engaging ’ - beauty or a death s head . Three seldom count : u in the true confession fo r or more are , at the

I - best , mere confusion . f a husky voiced anti q uarywere to discourse upon a sundial to some of the elect of his fraternity , although it were in a green country churchya rd with the severe o stillness of nature ar und , the aroma of the motto would instantly depart . The exhortative — words would remain but , harshtothe eye, cold — to the ear the spirit that gave them life would fl be own . The parting genius would be with I sighing sent . n the bare , chilly room ofa mus cum a sundial lecture would be worse . The serious grace or pious cheerfulness Of the sun 4

TH E BOOK O F dark with the gloomsoffour hundred years , and in the lichened courts of ruined halls ; in some Conve ntde lla n ie ta whos e v e r name bre athe s Q , y re os e a nd fl p , in the green and owery silences of Y e t ancient gardens . all places , beautiful and in picturesque, or ofdust and discord , have the dustrious attentionofthetrue motto - hunter ; nor is any region without interestwherein the voice D ofthe dial isheard . H eidelberg and arlington ; ConstantinopleandTurnham G reen ; Arles and Totley Brook; Bonneville and G reat Sankey ; Carville H all and Brusse ls ; Cookbury Church ’ and H eriot s H ospital; Versailles and Welling K borough ; Jamaica and H igh Street , ensing ton ; the solemn but beautiful prospect ofChurr iana , near Malaga ; the Scotch farmstead and the busy street in I taly ; the lonely villa on the olive - clad slopes; the hospital ; the tavern ; the monastery ; the cathedral ; the thatched cottage — are equally dear to the single - heartedness of the hunter for sundial mottoes . And strange indeed are the character and variety ofthe treasures that they gather for our “I wonder and admiration . livebythypresence , u andmyusef lness ends in thysilence , says the 6

OLD SU NDI ALS

the at dial to sun Courmayeur . The Florentine s e ntime nt in dial utters the same briefer, sadder “ ” I I B ut tone , n shadow cease . we should prefer w h d a brighter vie oft ings . The Swe ish Master O admire d who he lafistobe , ordainedthatweat r grumblersshoulddopenance in the churchyard . “ A Rho t , near Milan , the motto is, The Sun L ” gives me ife and Speech , which is ofnobler import than “I have L ife and Death in Dark ” s ila I Ce s . ness , as whispered at , near Bietta t is as ofa divine melody to hear in the I sle of Man “ t G D a I the mute exhor ation , Praise the ood y n t the evening . Surely hese words contain some thing ofthe spiritual truth known I n the sacred “I L verse , n the evening thou shalt have ight . t t The grateful hear , by wha soever shadows it n W t be compassed , shall everbe ithou such com n forting visitatio , and when the night is over ast the W the p , dial at alkernChurch sounds for

- wardmarchofpraise , fromthesixty third Psalm “ O G od G od : I , Thou art my early will seek ”— Thee which is explained by the Jewish wor ou ship the first glimpse ofthe rising sun . Should an og cas ion arise in future ages when - E a sun worshipper from the ast , from the place 7 T H E BOOK OF that has been the home of his people for six thousand years , shall come to explore the ruin

E - ousheapsof urope , hewill findaltar like stones which have stood in open air with inscriptions t also upon hem ; , inscriptions of similar purport

- on temple and house and in the market place , wherever hemaywander; and the se inscriptions “ : e being interpreted , he may exclaim B hold e R G th se nations were ofmy eligion . reat is the Religion ofthe Sun ! ” O n the walls ofa suppressed monastery, near

Florence , he would read L i e is t/z e S un God is t/z e L i e o Ma n My f ; f f . Man wil doa t Him is as I am w itnont tae

n S n ,

re nan i h whichis p g tw t deepestmysticalthought .

A - Rho swe learned above from the dial plate at , near Milan , the sun in a natural sense gives life and speech to thedial . But , aswell as thenatural life the s iritual D v fl , p life ofthe i ine ows intoman fromthe heavens through the agencyofthe sun . “ m ” Nought but by a ray fro heaven , he would

find displaced from the south door of the Vir. ’ L gin s Church , at ower H eyford , but the same language perhaps would still appear over the 8

“ 5h TH E BOOK OF “ — “ D e o Soli To G od the Sun D e o Soli in ” victo— G od To the Sun unconquerable . But in the distant ages , there would be nothing to inform as to different faiths having existed in

Europe . The wanderer could only interpret all these mottoes as widespread exhortations of the religion of Mithra to pious hearts and busy “ ” minds ; and Soli ! Soli ! Soli ! he would render: “ ” To the peerless Sun we only , the secret soc ie t y of Mithraists . R the But this disciple of the eligion of Sun ,

which , for upwards of six thousand years , has drawn auguries of truth and hope from the as ce nding flame of the peaceful sacrifice by fire ; the wanderer in whose spirit burn the great words of his mighty prophet ! oroaster He Whohe or e Time was h His own L ht f , y ig K indled to L ife the myr iad L ights of

be a n durin soonas hispilgrimage g , g itscontinu

ance , he would be burdened with the thought “What a heart of sorrow has been the posses sion of thesevanished peoples throughout their long generations ! E ven in the very prese nceof fre the sun , its joys and immortality , the most I O

OLD SU NDIALS W quent tributes on their altars oflight have been a R t of trembling fe r. emember thou mus ” die ! is told in the atmosphere oflight and plea sure on the ivy - dad church between the lakes “ ” z t of Brien and Thun . Think upon hine end moans the church at I nterlachen tothosewhoare “ O the taking a holiday sip ofjoy . ne of hours ” will be the last of life is sighed from the church ’ A rne mbur near Queen H ortense s chateau of g . “L D ! ” ook upon the hour, and remember eath thunders the menace from the town - house of “ ” he ! t Barons of H ylton . Fear one hour is the warning of S t Pierre on the G reat S t Bernard R G a t oad , at p , and in Piedmon . “ ” a t ! D at Ros Fe r the las weeps N otre ame ,

f t fishin - co f, in B rit any , a g village and bathing ’ the - place, to deprave pleasure seeker s imagin ationand toll in the memories ofstorm and ship A K t wrecks . t Barnard Castle , andat irklea ham , to t chasten every delight , and wi her earthly “ tt E v e r hourshort hope, thedial mo o declared y L ens ife . Such are some of the sad paraphrases of the gilded Memento Mori which has darkened the t of ki t A rcan hear s man nd for centuries , un il I I TH E BOOK OF

’ “ gelo s wit translated it : D own with the dust ! f But , a ter all , these are only melancholygeneral D ’ ities . eath s dart hasbeen specially sharpened t A V andsenthomeby thesain s ofdespair . t oltri , G ’ near enoa the Superb, man s present triumph ’ of godlike faculties gets twenty - four hours “ : - warning from the dial , no more To morrow a ttha t may bring the hour ofthy death . Smile , ! O ye joyous and patient holy ones, ifyou can r ’ to L e s O d Embrun will you go rres , Canton , D u e u a phin ; and jubilant with gratef l health , thy spirit keep a brieffestival ofloving thought u and laughter, all of which , of a tr th , is recog ! n ise d there on the altar of the sun But 10 ! it wears the sentiment with a difference — ’ The flowe ry day man s fi ride “ nduct t du t death Co s o s y . O re r, perchance , at another place you will “ jo1ce I n the strange superfluous glory of the ” ’ air , and dance forward to read the dial s golden B ut hours . sudden woe and eclipse of sorrow

ensue . The rose fades from the cheek, and a smell of hemlock sickens the sense as you read “ ” ’ Soon comes night ! Or will you with B u rns s

mirth in your veins , verify a sundial motto 1 2 OLD SU NDIALS W

- - in the ever welcome , laughter tinkling song “ ’ W E dinbro ithin a Mile of Toon , and there light upon L iberton H ouse—the very arrow of noon will pierce you as with the fork of the “ - t A s e -the charnel house worm in hese words , D ” I Sun runs , so eath comes . n such manner ’ can Time s scythe be sharpened on the whet of o ous stone jy light, for the instant destruction

t fl . con of its brigh , particular owers But the s ummation de v outlyto be Wished for bya Chris te ndom of despondency has been provided in t t t the tribu e of an iron prince, in a votive able “ To the Lord who hath established the beav ens ; who hath founded the earth ln H is wis dom ; whose is the whole earth and the fulness

thereof. From Middlesbrough it is that deep “O toned sentence comes, n thine eyelids is the ” D ut shadow of eath . Sounds are these o of the w w realms of sorro and deep night , on hich no hO e star shines nor any p . The very word D ial has been punned into a ’ W fle s hle s s death s anatomy , from hose grasp “ ” all n there is no escape . We shall die or ame nt ed the wall of an old public - house at Peter _ borou h afte r t E g , the an ique gyptian manner , to I 3 3 TH E BOOK OF

incite the deep carouse for forgetfulness oflife . “ Make speed to be merry ; in the green sod the sexton ’ s spade has measured your last sleeping place ; the worm craves for thee in the charnel ” A house ; drink deep of the oblivious beer. t Mil ri the trav e lle r l gg , near Penrith , and the dial to e the and have conferred g r, the shiveringway “ - I farer has confessed , Thy name is die all ; am ”

m . A a ortal creature nd similar dusty, worm eaten , obtusejocoseness, for the illumination of L o L nd L those reverencing the ord f ife a ight , h s a been recorded at Blackden H ouse , near Cre we 1n s B ucks te ad ; woody Su sex, at Church W yard ; at rithlington , Somerset , and many other places beautiful and full ofairy thoughts . Y e a fi urative ne ss , in some cases with artistic g n t e this has been repeated , omitti g h dreary w ord , as indicated in the lines ’ Wi thin God s acr e D eathwith da r t me ta , ;

dye ! r aoe r iend now some MementoMor i nn G f , p ” — ld li s n w t One chnchle le t thy mou y p o ry. D eath str ove tos e ah hnt a ilin on the tria l p ; f g , —D l With honyfi ng e r p ointed tothe ia . I 4

OLD SUNDIALS ! m Thoughts like these war against every power “ of life . They are homage , would the sun “ A the w worshipper say , to hriman and Po ers D the of arkness , under clear celestial dome of

' O z t s le ndours of rmu d , and amidst the highes p ” his service oflife , radiance , and song. L e t us be at once delivered from the bondage t t we not of ha death . Should , indeed , extend the wish of Burns as to the author of evil and dark thoughts to the sombre Christian spirits who would invent such phrasesaswehave quot “ ’ ” tak t ! ed , and say a though and mend H as it the w ! to be light over dial , and dark ithin us Le t t 0 . N us ever be strong in hear , and crywith the at dial on the lawn Mountains , near H il “ ” de nborou h— D w G T ! g a n olden H our. here That bright word loosens the tightening at the ’ t the Memento Mor i s N OW hear from many . , listen to the voice from the tower of Long Sut “ ” — t ton Church Sunshine for all . Tha motto S ble ssm t the I t w heds a g hrough air . is s eeter than sound ofchurch bells ; it is at once a canticle A t of praise and thanksgiving. sis er motto we he ar ofat e s— Of Brug B ruges themanyshrines , the the shining statue , the paintings divine , 15 TH E BOOK O F “ musical carillons : May no hour pass which it ” is not a delight to remember. But ofsundial mottoes the most cheerful and : serene, the crown , is that I count the br ight hou rs on ly! I G t is found at Cawdor House , near lasgow , springing with life after two hundred years; at Bournstr m n rl a r e a H ouseafter e a y ce ntu ymore . I t is on the walk behind H arrow Chapel ; it is in Wales ; it is in a village nearComo ; at Campo D olcino ; and at many other places , where there I havebeen healthy , happy minds . t is spoken of I in manytongues, perhaps softest in the talian , ’ V at Mrs Charles Cowden Clarke s home , illa l o I tca tiva e d Nove l G e noa . t , p the imaginationof “ z V and t : Ha litt, near enice , he wro e There is a softness and a harmony in the words and in the O s thought unparalleled . fall conceits it is urely m ‘I the ost classical . countonlythehoursthat are

’ “ W - serene . hat a bland and care dispelling feel ing ! How the shadows seem to fade on the dial plate as the sky lowers, and time presents only is a blank , unless its progress markedbywhatis joyous and all that is not happy sinks into ob livion ! What a fine lesson is conveyed to the 1 6 OLD SU NDIALS W — mind to take no note of time but by its bene fits w the ne le ctthe , to atch only for smiles and g n fate to ourliv e s of t frow s of , compose brigh and t t n gentle momen s , ur ing always to the sunny t our side ofthings , and le ting the rest slip from imaginations unheeded or forgotten ! ” t t That mot o , indeed , like the dial itself, s ands ’ it above Fortune s changes . N ight after night is clothed in darkness ; many are the days and Y w t . e t the weeks hen the s orm rushes round it , t the although bea en by rain , smitten sorely by

W - one ind , pierced by the ice blasts of winter; halfof its existence passed beneath the mantle ofnight ; letthere bebutone break in the clouds, Of fl one clear peep the dawn , one ash of sunset , “ I t t and the dial smiles and speaks . forge he the I ‘I anger, darkness, the pain ; am happy , count the bright hours

mottoe s o ose d There is a class of boastful , pp to I thenatural freedom ofthe spiritofman . nthe t following , found in Piedmont , here is a sound of praise which adds poison to the sting of its “ ” : w — sneer Thou kno est my hour not thine . The servant there sets himself above his mas t ter , and his mas er likes none of it . I 7 THE BOOK OF I n Brittany there is a displeasing arrogance in “ the proclamation : The Light rules me ; the ” A shadow thee . nd it gains no importance by ‘ - appearing on the wall ofthe town hall , Saltash ; L —scoffin nor at Barlow Hall , ancashire g still f n O after three hundred years of ef ro tery. f a milder assumption are these words , as to hours me n and , and veryappropriate in their position , being affixed to an I talian farmhouse chimney ” We a re Smoke and Shadow. But better suited to man in his endurance and hopes is the consideration found on thepillar - dial in Michel “ R I : dean ectory garden , andin taly Theyperish ” a re and reckoned ; or , with larger truth , outside ’ “ D K D : the ean s itchen , at urham Suns depart ”— and are reckoned s ig nific a nt of the care of E the ternal Father, in whose sight the periods of systems and the brieflife of man have their ' respective values; but to H im man is dearer than myriads of suns; his very minutes fall nu ‘ observed in convent calm: on stormy seas ; in r sleepy orchards; or noisy , busy cent es ofcom — ’ merce they pass to the world s observation they perish ; but by the Almighty Father they are every one of them reckoned . I 8

T H E BOOK OF as on the S ign ofa public - house near G renoble : “ ” This I S the H our ofD rinking ; e xte nde d a little “ F e ne stre llis : O near wayfarer, behold thehour ” of drinking : which smacks of the real vintage ofjoy ; calls up a circle of rubicund hours , and ’ awakens the voice of A nacre on s muse : ’ N othing in N atu re s sohe r found: B ut an ete rnal hea lth oes r ound . ! g F ill u the howl the n — ll it h h p , fi ig , F ill a ll the g lasses the re; for why S hould eve r creatu r e dr inh but I y , Wh man o mor als te ll me wh ! y , f , y f Nor has other rollicking fun , and ree play oflighter merriment , been altogether chastised out of the sundial . E vidence of that is got in W inscri tl on sun orto the supposed elsh p to the , ’ D a man , deciphered in e n Cotton s garden at “ ” : G oa Bangor bou tyo urb us in ess, the inter pre tation ofwhich can be learned in the whole some mirth attending the origin of another W I motto . hen one was wanted for nner Tem pleTerrace dial , and the artist went byarrange t ment to hear what was fixed upon , a esty old m : gentleman , towho the questionwas put , cried ” Begone about your business ! The artist took 20

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that as his answer and painted thewords . They

were approved of by the Benchers , and have Lane Che shire been repeated on a dialat H igh , , on the gableofa cottage between Stockport and New Mills; at the church of Bury S t E dmunds; hu ch Wa rw1ckshir t c r e . and at Chester on , L e t the sundial magnify itself through its motto as much as may be ; declare on Pieve “ R : I church , in the omagna am the infallible ”— measurer of Time and self- praise like that is t to e t le t it t and re difficul excel ; y , be accep ed , e ate d le t the p on a hundred dials , but genuine

- t I t dial mot oes be true , as n theministra ion so in t t w humamt e n heir duty o ards y, to cheer , to “

not t . K noble , to disconcer and depress now ” the at D thyself, said inscription elphos; and it has been used as a dial - motto on the cross dial E W Hall at lleslie , near Chichester ; on hitley , E c l s ld c e fie . But more apt and of as wide sug g e stive n e s s I n its Wisdom is that G reek motto “ E : K w in ly Cathedral no the season . There can inde e d be , , found on some dials homilies five I nches long of more effi cacy than sermons ex “ nding over as many Sundays . I t I S the hour ” - a t ll d , N , Th B e h r we oing ice and at e e c es , 2 1 T H E BOOK OF

n niotto Bowde , Cheshire ; also , the at Mount “ ” A : Melville , St ndrews H ence learn to live ; the simple exhortation in the shy village of “ E vam D : i , erbyshire Take to thyself a w se ” “ mind ; the home - thrust phrase : Stick to your ” iddrie E promises , at N Marischal near din “ burgh ; and the trumpet - tongued Remove not ” the ancient landmark , on the shaft of the dial church a rd on in Folkestone y , the spotwhere , by force ofancient charters , the mayor of the town — was annually e le cte d z these are admonitions of the noblest order and worthy of a shrine in the memory . Serious they may be , but they have a loftybrightness . Theymake no shadows in a sunshine place . A e dial in itself is, inde d , more than a mere

- t . ell tale oftime Carlyle , to rebuke narrow anti “ uarianis m : q , cried out Nature alone is antique , and the oldest a rt a mushroom ; that idle crag thou sittest on is s ix thousand years of ag B ut ifthat be the lesson of Time and Eternity ! from the crag, what must be that from the dial e The stone , of which it is form d , is in age ten times six thousand years , and more , as we can I n nowsay . t represents not the uncou table ages 2 2

TH E BOOK O F worthy of the heaven of the soul that surveys it . I n its presence we should feel the presence E n s I rI tof ofthe ter al , and the p themotto should be true to the human heart , above its sorrows d l and trials, reaching to ai y experience and — highest hopes a token and a tone as from the

Father of Light . The simple service ofreading the hour and the motto is naught less than li ion A o be g . nything of overshad wing should as that ofguardian angel wings . We should not “ miss the words ofthe hymn , Hail, gladdening ” light ! unless itbe thehallowing of the lang uage from the lips ofthe blind poet , in loneliness and “ L ! ” darkness sung , H ail , H oly ight

WATCH FAST WATCH SLOW

C n ri u d b The Rt. Hon . Vi un Knu rd o t b te y sco t tsfo ,

P. C .

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SUNDI A L MOTTOES

S U N D I A L MO T T O E S

LET OTHERS TELL OF STORMS AND SHOWERS I ’ LL ONLY COUNT YOUR SUNNY HOURS

The motto chosen by Queen A lexandra fi r the Sundial oz nz

ABI NON MORATUR HORA AMBULA IN LUCE

B n T walh L t ego e, imeflies, in igh

UNITED IN TIME PARTED IN TIME TO BE REUNITED WHEN TIME SHALL BE NO MORE

’ I n K n G rdin H m e on the an r d b the i g s a , oly , p esente y Charles I to Queen Henrietto Maria 2 7 TH E BOOK OF

BEHOLD AND BEGONE ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS

As TIME AND HOU RES PASSETH AWAYE so DOETH THE LIFE OF MAN DECAYE AS TIME CAN BE REDEEMED WITH NO COST BESTOW IT WELL AND LET NO HOURE BE LOST

On a ring dial

CUM TEMPUS NON EXI STET TUNC MORIOR

W T not n l ll I ass a hen ime is , the ony sha p way

CU RSU M FEREGI OLD SU ND IALS

CARPE DIEM

A h ah Ca in n and a R , t e the sh ha d w ive the est

TO NO ONE IS GIVEN RIGHT OF DELAY NOTED IN HEAVEN PASSETH EACH DAY BE THOU NOT FRUITLESS WORK WHILE YE MAY TRIFLING WERE BOOTLESS WATCH THOU AND PRAY

CITO PEDE LABITU R AETAS

The B ird of Time has but a little way Tod —and Lo’ the B rd on th W y . i is e ing

THESE SHADES 80 FLEET FROM DAY TO DAY AND SO THIS LIFE PASSETH AVVAI E 2 9 TH E BOOK O F

KNOW THYSELF

AS SHADOWE SO MAN SPEEDETH

DIES DIEM TRU DIT

DUM SPECTAS FUGIO

I fly away even whilst thou watchest me

TIME TIDE DOTH WAIST THEREFORE MAKE HASTE WE SHALL

TH E BOOK OF

BON JOUR BON SOIR

AS THESE HOURS DOTH PASS AWAY 80 DOTH THE LIFE OF MEN DECAY MEMENTO MORI

DISPON IT TEMPUS DIES

Days mahe Years

DAY MAY RUIN THEE IMPROVE THIS HOUR

D . A . MDCCXXXII

B ISCE TU OS NUMERARE DIES

Learn to number thy days

O LD SUND IALS ”W

THE HOUR NOW SHOWN PERHAPS MAY BE THY LAST REPENT AND PRAY BEFORE THAT HOUR BE PAST

3

EN SUPRA VITA FUGAX EN INFRA CERTA MORS

5)

THIS FOURFOLD INDEX OF SWIFT TIME ON WHICH YE SHADOW VERRETH ROUND SHOULD MAN EXCITE TO THEMES SUB LIME SINCE NOUT BUT SHADOWS HERE ARE FOUND

EX HOC MOMENTO PENDET AETERNITAS

33 TH E BOOK OF

BEHOLD NOW 18 THE ACCEPTED TIME

2 Cor 2 ( . VI . ) SEEK YE THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE

I sa 6 FOUND ( . LV . )

EHEU FUGACES LABU NTU R

Time lihe an ever- rolling stream B ears all its sons away

VIRTUE JOIN PRECIOUS TIME

ECCE HORA

B ld the ur D eho , ho of estiny

THUS ETERNITY APPROACHETH

TH E BOOK OF THE HOUR THOU READEST NOW ON ME WILL NEVER MORE BE OFFERED THEE IF THOU TAK’ ST HEED WISE THOU WILT BE

TIME CAN DO MUCH

TIME IS MORE SACRED THAN GOLD

C’ EST L’ HEURE DE BIEN FAIRE

FUGIO FUGE

I flee away do thou also flee

OLD SUND IALS

OH EARLY PASSENGER LOOK UP BE WISE AND THINK HOW NIGHT AND DAY TIME EVER FLIES

FESTINAT SUPREMA

The last hour approacheth

I SEEK MY LIGHT FROM GOD

FU G IT DIES

The dayflies on

f TO—MORROW’ S HOURS MAY BE LESS FORTU NATE 37 TH E BOOK OF

’ I LL LIVE TO - MORROW YOU DELAYI NG CRY IN WHAT FAR COUNTRY DOES TO - MORROW LIE 5)

TIME ’ S A HAND’ S BREADTH ’ TIS A TALE ’ TIS A VESSEL UNDER SAIL ’ TIS AN EAGLE IN ITS WAY DARTING DOWN UPON ITS PREY ’ TIS AN ARROW IN ITS FLIGHT MOCKING THE PURSUING SIGHT

FUGIT HORA SINE MORA

Timepasseth away unceasingly

FINEM VITAE SPECTA

T H E BOOK OF

OLD FATHER TIME STANDS STILL FOR NONE THIS MOMENT HERE THE NEXT HE’ S GONE AND THOUGH so KIND HE NEVER LAGS ONE STEP BEHIND IF THEN WITH TIME YOU ’ D FORWARD BE YOU E ’ EN MUST RUN AS FAST AS HE

FU MU S ET UMBRA SU MU S

Smohe and shadows are we

FU G IT IRREPARABILE TEMPUS

THE DAY IS THINE

OLD SUN DIALS

HING VIVERE DI SCE ILLING DI SCE MORI

L ar l and r a e n to ive, be e dy to die

SOLAR SHADOW AS IT MEASURES LIFE IT LIFE RESEMBLES TOO

HORA QUASI UMBRA

Time is but a shadow

TIME WASTED IS EXISTENCE USED IS LIFE

AS A SHADOW SUCH IS LIFE TH E BOOK OF

MAN IS BUT VANITY AND DUST IN ALL HIS FLOWER AND PRIME

HORA PARS VITAE

Every hour shortens lifie

BE THANKFUL WATCH PRAY WORK

HORAM QUAM PETIS REDIMITE

AS THE SHADE IS SO IS LIFE

T H E BOOK OF

MEN DO BLAME TIME WHILE IT THEY SPEND UNTO NO PURPOSE OR TO A BAD END

HODIE MIHI CRAS TIBI

To- day is mine To- morrow may be thine

THERE IS A SEASON FOR EVERYTHING

THE - COU NTED ~WI SE THINK ALL DELIGHT IN PASTIME LIES NOR HEED - THEY WHAT THE - WISE CON DEMN WHILST THEY PASS TIME TIME PASSES THEM OLD SU NDIALS

TIME ’ S GLASS AND SCYTHE THY LIFE AND DEATH DECLARE SPEND WELL THY TIME AND FOR THY DEATH PREPARE

INTER CAESAREM ET G ALBAM SOL MI N I STRAT U MBRAM

The Sun shines alihe on beggars and hings

IMMOTU M IN MOTU Ever the same

SENZA PALAR DA TUTTI SON INTESO SENZA PALESO FAR RUMOR L’ ORA

/ Without speahing I am understood by all Without a noise I reveal the hour 4 5 TH E BOOK O F

ING RAVANTI BU S ANNIS

Our years multiply

LABOR IPSE VOLUPTAS

Even toil itselfispleasant

IT I S LATER THAN YOU THINK

LEX DEI LUX DIEI

’ God s Law may be read in the light ofthe Sun

LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE THAT MEN MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS

OLD SUND IALS

READ ON THIS DIAL HOW THE SHADOWS DEVOUR ’ MY SHORT- LIVED WINTER S DAY HOUR

EATS UP tHOU R ALAS THE TOTAL’ S BUT FROM EIGHT TO FOUR 5!

MAKE THE PASSING SHADOW SERVE THY WILL

LUCE LABORANDU M

THOU BY THY DIAL’ S SHADY STEALTH MAYST KNOW TIME ’ S THIEVISH PROGRESS TO ETERNITY

’ Shahespeare s Sonnet LXXVI I 4 7 TH E BOOK OF

IN HIS OWN IMAGE THE CREATOR MADE HIS OWN PURE SUNBEAM QUICKENED THEE O MAN THOU BREATHING DIAL SINCE THY NAME BEGAN THE PRESENT HOUR WAS EVER MARKED BY SHADE

LUX POST U MBRA M

Afi er darhness light

LUX VENIT AB ALTO

The light cometh from on high

LU CEO ET LATRO I shine and set

OLD SUNDIALS ”W

WHEN THOU DOST LOOK UPON MY FACE TO LEARN THE TIME OF DAY THINK HOW MY SHADOW KEEPS ITS PACE AS THY LIFE FLIES AWAY TAKE MORTAL THIS ADVICE FROM ME AND SO RESOLVE TO SPEND THY LIFE ON EARTH THAT HEAVEN SHALL BE THY HOME WHEN TIME SHALL END

I n C n K rr I r l nd ou ty e y , e a

I NOTE THE TIME THAT YOU WASTE

LU X UMBRA DEI

Light is the shadow of God

LOOK FORWARD T H E BOOK O F

’ NOW IS YESTERDAY S TO - MORROW

WHILST PHOEBUS ON ME SHINES THEN VIEW MY SHADE AND LINES

LIFE ’ S BUT A SHADOW MAN ’ S BUT DUST THIS DIALL SAYS DY ALL WE MUST

MORA TRAHIT PERICULUM

Delay if dangerow

ME ORTU M VIDES FORSAN NON OCCASU M ' Than hay: Jeen nze rzye hut 7724t not fee me yet 50

OLD SUNDIALS W

A MOMENT MARK HOW SMALL A SPACE THE DIAL SHOWS UPON THE FACE YET WASTE BU T ONE AND YOU SEE OF HOW GREAT MOMENT IT CAN BE

A t Ox ord on a d al h ar ar Earl o Whar f , i e ing the ms ofthe f ton

[0 VADE E VENGO OGNI GIORNO MA TU ANDRAI SENZA RITORNO

I goand come every day B ut thou shalt gowithout returning

(I n a Riviera garden)

MEMOR ESTO BREVIS AEVI B e mindfitl that life is short

MIND YOUR BUSINESS TH E BOOK O F

MORS ULTIMA POENA EST

Death is the last greatpenalty

WHAT THOU SEEKEST IS A SHADOW

MORS OMNIA VINCIT

Death eonouers all

MORS DE DIE ACCELERAT

Every day brings Death nearer

MORS NOBIS QUOTIDIE I MMINET

’ ’ Myself with Yesterday s Sev n Thousand Years

OLD SU NDIALS

MARK THE MOMENTS TROD FOR GOOD OR ILL

On Warwick Priory

I STAND ON EARTH

MORI ENDO VIVO

Death is in Lifi’

METAM PROPERAMU S AD UNAM

’ ’ ~ I M GOING o wHERE ° TIME FOLLOWS NOT WHERE I S ETERNITY 53 TH E BOOK OF

EVERY ONE HATH EVERY ONE ONE SHADE AND YOU BUT ONE CAN EVERY SHADOW LEND

’ Shahespeare s Sonnet LI I I

REDEEM YE TIME

WE MAY NOT STAY

REMEMBER THOU ART MORTAL

MENTIRI NON EST MEUM

OLD SU NDIALS

THE SILENT SHADOW SPEAKS DOST THOU HEED

NEMO SINE CRIMINE VIVIT

The hrightest day has its shadows

NIL DAT QUOD NON HABET

NON SEMPER ERU NT SATURNALIA

’ B eflre Life s Liguor in its Cup he dry

ALLEZ VOUS TH E BOOK OF

NON SINE LUMINE

NULLA DIES SINE LINEA

NA SCI MU R ET MORI MU R

B orn and dead

NOLI CONFIDERE NOCTI

Thou mayest never see to- night

NON MOROR

OLD SU NDIALS W

SEE THE LITTLE DAY - STAR MOVING LIFE AND TIME ARE WORTH IMPROVING SEIZE THE MOMENTS WHILE THEY STAY SEIZE AND U SE THEM LEST YOU LOSE THEM AND LAMENT THE WASTED DAY

LIFE IS A V'AIN SHADOW

SHORT THE DAY AND GREAT THE WORK

SHADOW AND SHINE IS LIFE

NON REDIRO

57 T H E BOOK OF

AMENDE TO - DAY AND SLACK NOT DETHE COMETH AND WARNETH NOT TYME PASSETH AND SPEKETH NOT

NEC SOL IN SUMMO MANET

The Sun hath its share ofgloom

TIME WAS IS PAST THOU CANST NOT IT RECALL TIME IS THOU HAST EMPLOY THE PORTION SMALL TIME FUTURE IS NOT AND MAY NEVER BE TIME PRESENT IS THE ONLY TIME FOR THEE

A CLOCK THE TIME MAY WRONGLY TELL I NEVER IF THE SUN SHINES WELL

I OLD SUN DIALS n !

TIME FLIES LINES RISE AND SHADOWS FALL LET IT PASS BY LOVE REIGNS FOR EVER OVER ALI:

3 WAKEN WITH THE RISING SUN SLEEP WHEN HIS LONG COURSE RUN

NIL BONI HODIE DIEM PERDIDI

Count that day lost whose low descending sun Viewsfrom thy hand no nahle action done

NEQUE LUX SINE UMBRA

Light cannot he without shade

LIVE TO - DAY TH E BOOK OF

THERE IS NO ! ARMOUR AGAINST FATE DEATH LAYS HIS ICY HAND ON KINGS

NOS UT UMBRA

We are as a shadow

THE UTMOST FOR THE HIGHEST — W A n l F . The m o un l helon in G . R. . otto the s dia g g to the ate atts, ,

at r Ltnznerslease Conz ton his esidence, , p

NESCITI S HORAM

Ye know not the hour

NOSTRA LATET

Our time lies hid

T H E BOOK OF NON QUANTUM SED QUO MODO

The r a r manne , not the m tte

WHAT IS YOUR SUBSTANCE WHEREOF ARE YOU MADE THAT MILLIONS OF STRANGE SHADOWS ON YOU TEND

’ Shahespeare s Sonnet LI I I

NIHIL VELOCI U S ANNIS

NON REGO NISI REGAR

A s I am directed 1 direct

TH E BOOK OF AH WHAT IS HUMAN LIFE HOW LIKE THE DIAL’ S TARDY MOVING SHADE DAY AFTER DAY GLIDES BY US U NPER CEIVED YET SOON MAN ’ S LIFE IS UP AND WE ARE GONE

5!

OMNIA FALCE METITF TEMPUS

’ ’ Nothing gainst Time s scythe can mahe defence

VIVI BREV’ ORE INDI A SERRAR VAI GLI OCCHI

L r hri ur r r l r iveyou efho , thenfi eve c oseyou eyes

OMBRA FALLACE QUE MENTRE S’ APPRESSA FUGGE

D l S a ! e usive h dow, so speedy in thy flight

TH E BOOK OF

ONLY AS ' I ABIDE IN THE LIGHT OF HEAVEN DO I FULFIL THE WILL OF MY MAKER

C RIENS SOL ADORNATU R

Lo the Hunter ofthe East has caught ’ The Sultan s turret in a Noose ofLight

WITH MY SHADOW MOVES THE WORLD

OMNIA FERT AETAS

Time hrings all things topass

OTIUM FUGE

Fly idleness

TH E BOOK O F

OUR LIFE ’ S A FLYING SHADOW GOD’ S THE POLE DEATH THE HORIZON WHERE OUR SUN IS SET THE INDEX POINTING AT HIM IS OUR SOUL AND WILL THROUGH CHRIST A RESUR RECTION GET

Ml C r B erhs iton hu ch,

PULVIS ET UMBRA SU MU S

We are as dust and shadows

THE HOURS FLY FAST 'ON WINGS OF LIG H

REPOSE AFTER LABOUR IS SWEET

TH E BOOK OF

WHEN THOU DOST GAZE UPON MY FACE THINK THEN OF TIME HOW SWIFT HIS PACE AND THAT WITH EVERY MOMENT FLOWN THY OPPORTUNITY IS GONE

POST EST OCCASIO CALVA

One r a n and R L thing is ce t i , the est is ies The Flower that once has hlownfor ever dies

PROXIMA NON NOSTRA EST

To- morrow may never come

QUOD TIBI FIERI NON VIS ALTERI NE FECERIS h h Do as thou wouldst willingly e done y

TH E BOOK O F

MY HOU RES ARE MADE OF SUN AND SHADE TAKE HEDE OF WHAT YOUR HOU RES BE MADE

LIFE AS THIS SHADE DOTH FLY AND FADE

QUOD VIDES NON DIU

Things seen are temporal

QUASI UMBRA TRANSIT VITA Lifepasses lihe the shadow

OUR DAYS DECLINE LIKE A SHADOW

TH E BOOK OF

REDIME TEMPUS NIL PERPETUUM

Seiz e the flying hour: it will not come again

AS TYME DOTH HASTE SO LIFE DOTH WASTE

REVOCABILE TEMPUS

O stay the Sun in its march across the heavens

RESURGAM

I shall rise again OLD SU NDIALS ! W

OBSERVE HOW FAST TIME HURRIES PAST THEN USE EACH HOUR WHILE IN YOUR POWER FOR COMES THE SUN BUT TIME FLIES ON PROCEEDING EVER RETURNING NEVER

REMEMBER

THE SHADOWES ’ FLOWN RETURN MORE

RELIG I ONEM COLE

Honour Religion

GOD GIVETH ALL 75 TH E BOOK OF

OF SHADE AND SUNSHINE FOR EACH HOUR SEE HERE A MEASURE MADE THEN WONDER NOT j IF LIFE CONSIST OF SUNSHINE AND OF SHADE

SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI

Sosinhs the God of Day

THE SUN ON ME DOTH SHADOW THROW WHAT SHALL THIS DAY THY MORROW SHOW

GIVE GOD THY HEART THY HOPES THY SERVICE AND THY GOLD THE DAY WEARS ON AND TIME IS WAXING OLD

THE BOOK OF

I WISH THE SUN WOULD SHINE ON ALL MEN ’ S FRUITS AND FLOWERS AS WELL AS MINE

I n ar B l rr F the g den of a ca es, ife

SENSIM SINE SENSU

Ah B l h l- a , yet doth eauty , i e a dia h nd, S l om r r tea fi hisfigu e, and nopacepe ceived

SENESCI MU S EFFU G IT AETAS

Lihe as the waves mahe toward the pehhled shore Sodoour minutes hasten to their end

I GIVE MEN WARNING HOW THE HOURS FLY FOR MEN ARE SHADOWS AND A SHADOW I 78 OLD SUN DI ALS

~ ° THAT WOU LD THRIVE MUST RISE AT FIVE THAT HATH THRIVEN MUST STAY TILL SEVEN

- ° THAT W ILL ° NEVER THRIVE MAY LI E TILL ELEVEN

MY HOURS ARE SUMMED IN SHINE AND SHADE OF jOY AND SADNESS MAN ’ S ARE MADE

SIC TIBI TEMPUS ERIT

Thy time cometh

SEMPER PARATU M

Ever ready TH E BOOK O F

I HAVE NO VOICE AND YET I SPEAK TAKE HEED WHEN YOU THE TIME DO SEEK

SUPREMA MULTIS HORA FORSAN TIBI

Tis H ur D n r man r a ar h the o of esti y fi y, pe h psj t ee

53

J ’ AVANCE I moveforward

5!

SI CU T FLOS

Fragile as a flower

SOL MINI STRAT U MBRAM

OLD SU NDIALS

IMPROVE THE PRESENT HOUR FOR ALL BESIDE IS A MERE FEATHER ON TORRENT’S TIDE

COUNT THE HOURS AS ONE BY THEY FLY

THE MOMENT PAST LAID MANY FAST

SOL GLORIA SPHERA E

The Sun is the glory cf the universe

SU MU S FU MU S

We vanish lihe smohe TH E BOOK O F

NOR DO I BEG THIS SLENDER NICHE TO WHILE TIME AWAY OR SAFELY TO BEGUILE THOUGHTS WITH JOY THERE ’ S THING WORTH A SMILE

SIC IMUS AD ATRIA LUCIS AUT UMBRAS EREBI

Thus wepass on to the Halls of Light or to the Dwelling ofthe Shades

SOL SPLENDIT OMNIBUS

The Sun shinesfor all

ICH DIEN

OLD SUNDIALS W

I MARK NOT THE HOURS UNLESS THEY BE BRIGHT I MARK NOT THE HOURS OF DARKNESS AND NIGHT MY PROMISE IS SOLELY TO FOLLOW THE SUN AND POINT OUT THE COURSE HIS CHARIOT DOTH RUN

Thou seest my hour heholdest thou thine P

DEUS NOBI SCU M QUIS CONTRA NOS

Our God and all things

SPECTATOR FASTI DIOSU S SIBI MOLESTU S H e that searches too careficlly is his own enemy 8 3 TH E ‘ BOOK O F

SIC TRANSIT SAYEST THOU WELL THEN LET IT PASS WOULD ’ ST BE A 'GLUTTON AT THE FEAST OF LIFE AND EAT AND EAT AND EVER FILL THY GLASS WELL FED CONTENT LAYS DOWN HIS FORK AND KNIFE

TEMPUS AD LU CEM DU CIT VERITATEM

Time hrings Truth to light

TEMPUS OBIT MORS VENIT

Ti D r n me dies, eath eig s

TEMPUS VITAE MONITOR

OLD SUN DIALS W

TIME ’ S A TORRENT’ S RAPID STREAM TIME ’ S A SHADOW TIME ’ S A DREAM TIME ’ S THE CLOSING WATCH OF NIGHT DYING AT THE RISING LIGHT ’ ’ TIME S 0 A BUBBLE ON TIME S SEA U SE TIME WELL WHILE TIME ’ S WITH THEE

THE TIME TO COME IS NO MORE OURS THAN THE PAST

TRANSIT HORA SINE MORA

Tis impossihle tostay the fleeting hour

TEMPUS RERUM IMPERATOR

Time commands all things TH E BOOK O F LIFE IS A PASSING SHADOW THE SHADOW OF A BIRD IN HIS FLIGHT

From the Talmud

TIME FLEETETH AWAY WITHOUT DELAY

TENERE NON POTES PERDERE POTES

Thou canst waste me: hold me hath thou canst not

TEMP U S EDAX RERUM

Time hrings all things to an end

TARDE SED CERTE

Slow hut sure

O LD SUNDIALS

LET PLEASURE BE GRANTED TO YOUTH BUT SINCE HUMAN LIFE IS SOON RUN AND HAS BUT TO SPEAK SOBER TRUTH TWO MOMENTS LET WISDOM HAVE ONE

THE TIME THOU KILLEST WILL IN TIME KILL THEE

TRUE AS THE DIAL TO

THINK AND THANK

TANQUAM FUMUS TH E BOOK OF

REMEMBER ALL YE WHO PASS ALL THINGS PASS AS I PASS

TEMPUS CELERRIME AU FU G IT

T a swi a imep sses, how flly, way

TEMPUS OMNIA REVELAT

Time reveals all things

TEMPUS FINIT OMNIA

Timefinishes all things

TEMPORI PARE Yield to Time 8 8

OLD SU ND IALS

SUCH SUCH A MAN EXTENDS HI S LIFE ’ S SHORT SPACE AND FROM THE GOAL -AGAIN RENEWS 0 THE RACE FOR HE LIVES TWICE WHO CAN AT ONCE EMPLOY THE PRESENT WELL AND E’ EN THE PAST ENJOY

From Martial

TIME ’ S ON THE WING i

TIME IS PRECIOUS

5! HOURS FLY FLOWERS DIE NEW DAYS NEW WAYS PASS BY LOVE STAYS TH E BOOK OF

A DAY TO COME SHOWS LONGER THAN A YEAR THAT’ S GONE

TIME I S TOO SLOW FOR THOSE WHO WAIT TOO SWIFT FOR THOSE WHO FEAR TOO LONG FOR THOSE WHO GRIEVE TOO SHORT FOR THOSE WHO REJOICE BU T FOR THOSE WHO LOVE TIME I S ETERNITY

TRU DITUR DIES DIE

One day succeeds another

TEMPORA MU TANTU R ET NOS

ha and Times c nge, we with them

TH E B OOK OF

VIGILATE ET ORATE TEMPUS FUGIT

W and r T l a a atch p ay, ime steas w y

ALL THE WORLD’ S A STAGE

VENIO UT FUR

I steal upon you as a thief in the night

VERITAS TEMPORI S FILIA

Truth is the daughter of Time

SOME COME SOME GO THIS LIFE IS 'SO r O LD SU NDIALS “!

UNTO YOU THAT FEAR MY NAME SHALL THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ARISE

VEHIMU R PROPERANTI BU S HORIS CAELUM AUT EREBU M

The fleeting hours waft us to happiness or misery

5!

THE WHIRLIGIG OF TIME BRINGS IN HIS REVENGES

VESTRA LATET

Thou canst not calculate the orhit ofthine own soul

93 THE BOOK OF

THE MOVING FINGER ° WRITES AND HAVING WRIT MOVES ON NOR ALL THY PIETY NOR ° WIT SHALL LU RE IT BACK TO CANCEL HALF A LINE NOR ALL THY TEARS; WASH OU T A WORD OF I T

Omar Khayyam

5 TO THEM THAT MOURN THE HOURS ARE SLOW BUT WITH THE JOYFUL SWIFTLY GO

UMBRA VIDET U MBRAM VIVE HODIE

One shadow gaz eth at another: line this day

VANESCIT ET ITERUM APPA RET

I t oanisheth and cometh again 94

TH E BOOK OF

WHEN SLOTH PU TS URGENT BUSINESS BY ’ ’ TO - MORROW S A NEW DAY SHE LL CRY AND ALL HER MORROWS PROVE IT TRUE THEY’ RE NEVER USED AND THEREFORE NEW

SET ME RIGHT AND USE ME WELL AN D I THE TIME TO YOU WILL TELL

On a poehet dial

VERUS SUM TEMPORI S INDEX

VIVITE AIT FU G IO

TH E BOOK O F SO SLIDE THE HOURS SO WEARS THE DAY THESE MOMENTS MEASURE LIFE AWAY WITH ALL 'I TS 'TRAINS OF HOPE AND FEAR TILL SHIFTING SCENES OF SHADE AND LIGHT RISE TO ETERNAL DAY OR SINK IN END LESS NIGHT WHERE ALL IS JOY OR ALL DESPAIR

SERENE I STAND AMYDDST YE FLOWRES TO TELL YE PASSING OF Y HOU RES

LITTLE SUN UPON THE CEILING EVER MOVING EVER STEALING MOMENTS MINUTES HOURS AWAY MAY NO SHADE FORBID THY SHINING WHILE THE HEAV’ NLY SUN DECLINING CALLS US TO IMPROVE THE DAY OLD SU NDIALS W

GATHER YE ROSE - BUDS WHILE YE MAY OLD TIME I S STILL A - FLYING AND THIS SAME FLOWER THAT SMILES

TO- DAY

TO- MORROW WILL BE DYING

WATCH FOR YE KNOW NOT THE HOUR

BEFORE MY BREATH LIKE BLAZING FLAX MAN AND HIS MARVELS PASS AWAY AND CHANGING EMPIRES WANE AND WAX ARE FOU NDED FLOURISH AND DECAY REDEEM MINE HOURS

THIS PLAINLY SHOWS TO FOOLISH MAN THAT HIS WHOLE LIFE IS BUT A SPAN 99 T H E BOOK OF

VOLANO L’ ORE I GIORNI G L’ ANNI E I MESI

H r ar all ou s, days, months, ye s, fly (Petrarch)

USE THE PRESENT TIME REDEEM THE PAST FOR THUS UNCERTAINLY THOUGH IMPERCEPTIBLY THE NIGHT OF LIFE APPROACHES

I n Aldin hanz C r ar Lan a r g hu chy d, c shi e

STAY AND THINK

’ Shahespeare s Sonnet LVI I

COME IN TIME

n a r at B rad r St G r Szc olh O chu ch fo d eo ge, fi KOO

OLD S UNDIALS

SWIFT FLY THE HROU RS AND BRIEF THE TIME FOR ACTION AND REPOSE FAST FLITS THIS SCENE OF WOE AND CRIME AND SOON THE WHOLE SHALL CLOSE THE EVENING SHADOWS DEEPER FALL THE DAYLIGHT DIES AWAY WAKE SLUMBERER AT THE MASTER’ S CALL AND WORK WHILE IT IS DAY

TU NUMERI L’ ORE MA NON SAI L’ ORA DELLA MORTE

T u numherest h r hut hnowest not the h r D a ho the ou s, ou of e th

BEING ° YOUR SLAVE WHAT SHOULD I - DO BU T TEND UPON THE HOURS AND TIMES OF YOUR DESIRE TH E BOOK OF

USE WELL THE PRESENT MOMENTS AS THEY FLEET YOUR LIFE HOWEVER SHORT WILL BE COMPLETE IF AT ITS FATAL ENDING YOU CAN SAY I ’ VE LIVED AND MADE THE MOST OF EVERY DAY

COME LIGHT VISIT ME

I n the garden ofHarriet Martineau

WATCH FASTER WATCH SLOWER

TAK’ TINT O ’ TIME ERE TIME TAK’ TINT 0 ’ THEE 1 0 2