. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . UNNY HOURS; I MARK ONLY SUNNYHOURS; I MARK NONE BUT SUNNY HOURS; I NOTE THEBRIGHT HOURS OF DAY; I NUMBER NONE BUT SUNNYHOURS; I ONLY MARK BRIGHT HOURS. Sun-dial Mottoes 261 On a slate-dial owned by the Duchess of Cleve-land, which was captured by the allied forces in1854, is this motto : — I MARK NOT THE HOURS UNLESS THEY BE BRIGHT,I MARK NOT THE HOURS OF DARKNESS AND PROMISE IS SOLELY TO FOLLOW THE SUNAND POINT OUT THE COURSE HIS CHARIOT DOTH RUN, A Latin
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . UNNY HOURS; I MARK ONLY SUNNYHOURS; I MARK NONE BUT SUNNY HOURS; I NOTE THEBRIGHT HOURS OF DAY; I NUMBER NONE BUT SUNNYHOURS; I ONLY MARK BRIGHT HOURS. Sun-dial Mottoes 261 On a slate-dial owned by the Duchess of Cleve-land, which was captured by the allied forces in1854, is this motto : — I MARK NOT THE HOURS UNLESS THEY BE BRIGHT,I MARK NOT THE HOURS OF DARKNESS AND PROMISE IS SOLELY TO FOLLOW THE SUNAND POINT OUT THE COURSE HIS CHARIOT DOTH RUN, A Latin variant is, Horas nullus nisi aureas — Icount none but golden hours. This is exquisitelydelineated on avertical dial de-signed and setby A. G. Hum-phrey, Esq., atC r o w b o roughCross, Sussex, ona pole in hisgarden. Themotto and nu-merals are in openiron work on asemi-transparentgilt ground,which shines outgloriously in thesunlight. Thus the motto has a double meaning. Another allied motto reads : — THE HOURS, UNLESS THE HOURS BE BRIGHT, IT IS NOT MINE TO MARK;I AM THE PROPHET OF THE LIGHT, DUMB WHEN THE SUN IS Sun-dial at Edwin Forrest Home, nowMount St. Vincent Convent, 262 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday In an old album there is written this poem byProfessor Samuel Finley Breese Morse, with a note
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