. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . r step at its baseis ten feet and ten inches ; it forms thus, as may be 3 ft. 7 in. 5 ft. 2 in. I ft. • 3 ft- 3I in. 3 ft- 5! in. 4 ft. 9 in. 2 1 ft. 2 in. Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday plainly seen, a grand monumental dial, fit for themajestic castle beside which it is reared. This castle is the residence of the Earl andCountess of Strathmore ; and this fine photographwas taken by Lady Maude Bowes-Lyon for this book. The dialis certainlythree centuriesold, as i
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . r step at its baseis ten feet and ten inches ; it forms thus, as may be 3 ft. 7 in. 5 ft. 2 in. I ft. • 3 ft- 3I in. 3 ft- 5! in. 4 ft. 9 in. 2 1 ft. 2 in. Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday plainly seen, a grand monumental dial, fit for themajestic castle beside which it is reared. This castle is the residence of the Earl andCountess of Strathmore ; and this fine photographwas taken by Lady Maude Bowes-Lyon for this book. The dialis certainlythree centuriesold, as it ap-pears in a printof the castleprevious to theyear 1600, andwas named inEarl PatricksBook of Recordof a date pre-vious to sun-dialhas for us an-other charm —one that iscommon to alldeeds and in-struments thatnote the pass-ing of time. In the days of childhood we gatheredeagerly the downy seed-balls of the Dandelion, andas we held them aloft we blew upon them withstrong young lungs, and called out: Whats thehour-o-the-day ? Thus do all children of alllands wherever the Dandelion blows and turns quite. Sun-dial at Balcarres Castle, Fifeshire. The Charm and Sentiment of Sun-dials 5 old and gray. Vague was the answer of the baredstem of the Dandelion to us; and I doubt if weexpected to learn from it the time. It might haveanswered in nearly the words of the old sun-dialmotto: Hora non numero nisi juventas. i countONLY YOUTHFUL HOURS. We ask the hour withequal intentness of the long-legged garden-spiderand of the grasshopper : — Grandfather, grandfather us the time-o-the-day. We had thus early in life the universal instinctof humanity, a longing to count the hours and min-utes of passing time ; and we never wearied of thetrial. How full of significance also is the hour-glass,how classic its shape ; what a charm has it for thechild—just as it had in the childhood of life forancient peoples. With what exquisite perfection of simplicity hasTennyson, in his
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