. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Facet-headed Garden-dial at Unburn, Midlothian, Scotland. Sun-dial Mottoes 275 AS TRUE AS THE DIAL TO THE SUNALTHOUGH IT BE NOT SHONE UPON. And Addisons Paraphrase of the NineteenthPsalm gives these two lines : — THOU ART, O LORD, THE LIFE AND LIGHTOF ALL THIS WONDROUS WORLD WE SEE. From Shake-speares seventy-seventh Sonnet arethese hnes : — THOU BY THE DIALsSHADY STEALTH MAYKNOW times thievish PROG-RESS TO ETERNITY. Quarless Emblemsfurnish several whin-ing verses
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Facet-headed Garden-dial at Unburn, Midlothian, Scotland. Sun-dial Mottoes 275 AS TRUE AS THE DIAL TO THE SUNALTHOUGH IT BE NOT SHONE UPON. And Addisons Paraphrase of the NineteenthPsalm gives these two lines : — THOU ART, O LORD, THE LIFE AND LIGHTOF ALL THIS WONDROUS WORLD WE SEE. From Shake-speares seventy-seventh Sonnet arethese hnes : — THOU BY THE DIALsSHADY STEALTH MAYKNOW times thievish PROG-RESS TO ETERNITY. Quarless Emblemsfurnish several whin-ing verses for mot-toes. EmblemNumber 13, BookIII, is a sun-dial. The Bible verse is from Job : Are not my days few ? Cease then and let mealone, that I may bewail myself a little. These linesare his verses and are printed on an English dial: — READ ON this DIAL HOW THE SHADES DEVOUR MY SHORT-LIVED WINTERS DAY. HOUR EATS UP HOUR ALAS ! THE totals BUT FROM EIGHT TO Sun-dial at Bramhall, Cheshire. 276 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday Another stanza has also been used : — NOR DO I BEG THIS SLENDER NICHE, TO WHILEMY TIME AWAY, OR SAFELY TO BEGUILE MY THOUGHTS WITH JOY THEREs NOTHING WORTH A SMILE. TIME FLIES. LINES RISE AND SHADOWS FALLLET IT PASS BYLOVE REIGNS FOREVER OVER ALL. These lines are on a sun-dial owned by Lord RonaldGower ; they are the Englishrendering of the Latin verseswhich are on the dial atOld Place, Lindfield, Sussex,see page facing 226. Far more beautiful are thelines by Dr. Henry VanDyke given on page 223. Mr. Evans gives me agroup of sun-dial mottoeswhich are not published inMrs. Gattys book, nor inits latest edition by I cannot give themall in full. Amour fourAmour, on an ivory porta-ble quadrant dial, French,in Mr. Evanss collection.
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