. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . ing of Beata Beatrix^ where a hori-zontal dial on the widow-sill marks to Beatrix thecoming of her wonderful death-trance. On pagec i8 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday i6. I have given a reproduction of the angel in Rossettis beautiful pencilsketch called Dante sAmor. This angel holdsan ancient Saxon of the cathedralson the Continent havecarved angels on bracketsor corbels holding sun-dials. A beautiful angelwith dial at Chartres ishere shown; also f
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . ing of Beata Beatrix^ where a hori-zontal dial on the widow-sill marks to Beatrix thecoming of her wonderful death-trance. On pagec i8 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday i6. I have given a reproduction of the angel in Rossettis beautiful pencilsketch called Dante sAmor. This angel holdsan ancient Saxon of the cathedralson the Continent havecarved angels on bracketsor corbels holding sun-dials. A beautiful angelwith dial at Chartres ishere shown; also facingpage 14 a still older carv-ing upon the Genoa ca-thedral. These figuresoffer wonderful suggestionfor a memorial window-dial, such as is describedin the succeeding chap-ter. As an object of interestand romance in a garden,the sun-dial has a stronghold on our sentiment;we have seen that artistshave painted it and poetshave written of it. As amystery to childhood, atrysting-place for faithfullovers, a sad reminderto a deserted sweetheart; Angel with Sun-dial, Cathedral, 1 • . r ._ ^ 1: ^ Chartres. ^ ^ubject for moralizmg. The Charm and Sentiment of Sun-dials 19 for the preacher, and of reminiscence to the agedgardener, its place in pictures — either in print oron canvas — is a permanent one. Of all spots for agarden-dial the focus of a formal garden is the mostsuited ; that focus may be the centre, or where sev-eral paths converge, or in a recessed end ; but wher-ever it is, the dial should be the point of high its very nature it is (unless miserably hidden)that point of interest. The poetical suggestion of asun-dial never could be more fully shown than inthe fine picture opposite page 20 of dial and man ;for the man is the great English artist, George , who has given to us a conception of thepassing of Time and of Death which has ennobledArt, and robbed Death of its horror. And it is abeautiful thought that his dial bears the motto of theartists Hf
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