A Book of Sundial Mottoes

BOOR
SUNDIAL
MOT Tot: s
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|Jresettte6 to
of the
of
Mrs. S. T. Blackwood
The Garden
Lover's Series,
II*
A BOOK OF SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
A Book
of
Sundial Mottoes.
Compiled by
Alfred H. Hyatt.
LONDON: PHILIP WELLBY,

Covent Garden, W.C.
NEW
YORK: SCOTT-THAW COMPANY,

542, Fifth Avenue.
MDCCCCIII.
669319
SUNDIALS
By
A.
M.
cr*HE garden
cloc\ of sunny climates is necessarily the
companion of hours so beautiful that the mere " name " Sundial is dear to those who care for gardens,
for phrases, for the sun, and for the South.
The
best
" gardens are those which other ages made and fypt
up," and which our own age
an unthrifty heir
grass,
has
allowed
to
grow somewhat wild with random
and
"
somewhat dry with sun.
We
iz
" enter
into the labours
SUNDIALS.
of our fathers
;
not into the perfection

its
which
they pre-
pared^ but into

undoing.
in
the
gentle
and more
beautiful ruin
and
And we
inherit something peculiarly
theirs
ancient garden
c/f
their
usually austere sundial
mottoes,
modern man
enjoys the bee-visited, grass-
grown, and fragrant paths that no gardener trims,

though
the
man who made
the paths
would hardly
approve them so; a modern man reads the warnings of

a seventeenth-century sculptor y
letting its lesson
go
by.
sea,
The sundial of my own childhood faced a blue

across
olive
and
oleander,
and
it
bore an inscription
" Thou which, translated, threatened the generations :

seest the
hour, but tyiowest not the hour
1'
"
of thy
death" we supposed.
In the twentieth century no ma*
SUNDIALS.
would engrave
that thought above the terraces of such a
heavenly garden.
Other Italian palaces had, likewise,
severe things written on their
sunward faces,
or on their
garden
dials.
'But,
to
sombre or genial, the sundial motto,

the appropriate art, has the beauty
devised according
of brevity and fulness.
No wonder
if to the precision of
Latin
grammar has
been generally assigned the safe-
guarding of
slow,
the message of three or
four words,
long,
and
complete with their burden of meaning.

bells,
There are tunes composed for
and
as this brief
to the
music, so is this brief literature^ restricted
means
those
and
the opportunity,
and full of vigour within
bonds.
The phrase and the melody both hate their home

happy Ligurian
coast.
on
the
For though sundials
SUNDIALS.
number
the
few serene hours of Northern gardens^
they
are most useful in the South and the sun^ and because of
their
use they talê
their place
in the
noble
symbolic
company standing by palace walls :

the
the sundial for time^

///*,
cypress for
death>
wheat for
and
the
'vine
for joy.
xii
TO EDWIN GREENE.
A BOOK OF SUNDIAL MOTTOES,
In compiling
this
Book of Mottoes,
the
translations in
the
Hit
majority of cases appear as given in
books consulted,
These volumes, which represent a delightful branch of garden

literature,
" Sciographia, or the range from John Wells'

to
An
of Shadow es" (1635),

" Sundials published
Mrs. Alice Morse Earle's
recently
and Roses of Yesterday."
It will be seen that in
many
instances the English renderoften fanciful.
ings of the inscriptions are free
and
A.H.H.
xvi
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
'T^HE
*
following
Sixty "Mottoes for Dials, with their
meaning
old
in English," are
from a curious and rare

:
work, entitled
"
Mechanick Dialling
:
or,
the
New
this
Art
of
Shadows
freed
from
the
many
Obscurities, Superfluities
and Errors of Former Writers
upon
Subject
To which
are added a choice

. .
Collection of Mottos in Latin and English
By
Charles
Leadbetter.
London, at the Black Swan, 1737."
LIIS
INSERVIENDO
.
CONSUMOR.
GAIN).
(MY
LOSS
is
YOUR
A BOOK OF
/TLRS
(l
. .
LONGA
.
VITA
.
BREVIS.
DIE
TO-DAY
AND
LIVE
TO-MORROW).
/VvARITIA
(YOU
.
HODIE
.
DOMINATUR.
COVET
TO-MORROW).
/\JJT
(i
CAESAR
SHINE
.
AUT
.
NIHIL,
OR
SHROUD).
!,
AND
BE
GONE
ABOUT
YOUR
BUSINESS.
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
OULLA
EST
.
VITA
.
HUMANA.
(LIFE'S
BUBBLE).
V^/ONSUME NOT THY TIME

.
.
IN
IDLENESS.
LJfiUS
ADEST
.
LABORANTIBUS.
.
(HEAVEN
FAVOURS
THE
DILIGENT).
ISCE
DIES
.
NUMERARE TUOS.
. .
(LEARN
TO
VALUE
3
YOUR
TIME);
A BOOK OF
UlSCE BENE
.
VIVERE
.
& MORI.
.
(SHINE
AND
SET).
LJ lES
(A
,
DIEM
KICKS
.
TRUDIT.
.
DAY
ME
DOWN).
SPECTAS
.
FUGIO.
(UNSIGHT,
UNSEEN).
-N
SUPRA
. .
VITA
.
FUGAX
MORS.
.
EN
(A
.
INFRA
CERTA
.
LIFE
ON
FLIGHT'S
SOON
OUT
OF
SIGHT).
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
HOC MOMENTO PENDET ^TERNITAS.
. . .
(NOW
OR
NEVER).
ESTINA
(MIND
.
LENTE.
MY
MOVEMENTS),
ORTUNA
(NO
.
URBES AMPLISSIMAS
.
.
EVERTIT.
EXEMPTION
FROM
MY
INFLUENCE).
UGIO
. .
.
FUGE.
.
(BE GONE ABOUT YOUR I STAY FOR NO MAN).

. . .
BUSINESS.
A BOOK OF
INC VIVERE DISCE. .LI1 ILLINC DISCE MORI.
. .
.
(RISING
PORTENDS
SETTING).
H
(HAN
.
OMO
.
QUASI
.
UMBRA.
A
.
is
SHADE
OF
SHADOW).
11 ORA
(THE
.
FUGIT RAPIDE INVADIT INERMES,

.
LETHUMQ;
.
HOURS
GLIDE
SWIFTLY,
.
AND
THE
UNGUARDED
ARE
EASILY
SURPRIZED).
11 ORA
(EVERY
.
PARS
.
HOUR
SHORTENS
6
LIFE).
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
ITA
(SUCH
. .
VITA.
.
is
LIFE'S
HALF
CIRCLE).
LABOR
(MY
.
IPSE VOLUPTAS
.
PAIN
is
YOUR
PLEASURE).
X
(THE
.
DEI,
TS
.
LUX
.
DIEI.
.
LAW OF
.
GOD
THE
BROAD
DAY-LIGHT).
_^
YOUR LIGHT. SO SHINE BEFORE MEN THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS.
. .
.
A BOOK OF
LENTE
(SET
.
SUSCIPE
.
CITO
.
PERFICE.
.
OUT
AT
LEISURE,
PROCEED
WITH
HASTE).
IVl ORA
TRAHIT
.
PERICULUM.
DANGER).
(DELAY
DRAGS
IN EMO
(THE
.
SINE
,
CRIMINE
.
VIVIT.
SHADES).
BRIGHTEST
DAY
HAS
ITS
N,L.
(OUT
.
DAT QUOD
.
NON
.
HABET.
OF
NOTHING
COMES
NOTHING).
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
IN ON SEMPER ERUNT
. . .
SATURNALIA.
(TAKE
TIME
BY
THE
FORELOCK).
NON.
(WE
.
NOBIS
NOT
.
NATI
.
SUMUS.
ARE
MADE
FOR
OURSELVES).
IN ON
SINE
.
LUMINE.
(WE
SHINE).
IN OSCE
(LOOK
.
TEIPSUM.
THY
.
INTO
SELF).
A BOOK OF
IN ULLA
(EVERY
.
.
DIES
.
SINE
ITS
.
LINEA:
DAY
HAS
BOUNDS).
WM NEM
CREDE DIEM SUPREMUM.

. . .
TIBI
DILUXISSE
(BELIEVE
EVERY
DAY
TO
BE
THY
LAST).
V^MNIA FALCE METIT TEMPUS.

.
(THE
SCYTHE
OF
TIME
CARRIES
KEEN
EDGE).
1 EREUNT & IMPUTANTUR.

. .
(THE
HOURS
VANISH,
YET
ARE
ON
RECORD).
10
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
1 AX OPTIMA RERUM.
.
.
(LIGHT
is
THE
PARENT
OF
PEACE).
.**,*
I OST VOLUPTATEM
.
MISERICORDIA.
.
(PLEASURE
is
THE
.
UPON
PARENT OF PAIN NIGHT THE HEELS OF DAY).

. . ; .
TREADS
V^/ UALIS **^'

(PRAISE
.
VITA,
FAIR
.
FINIS
.
ITA.
DAY
AT
NIGHT).
vJuOD
TIBI
.
NE
(DO
FIERI FECERIS.
.
NON
.
VIS,
ALTERI
NOT
RENDER
EVIL
FOR
GOOD).
A BOOK OF
UA
REDIT
.
NESCITIS
. .
HORAM,
(YE
KNOW NOT THE

.
HOUR).
VÛID CELERIUS TEMPORE?

.
(WHAT
is
SWIFTER
THAN
TIME
?)
OlC
VITA.
.
(LIFE'S
LOT).
OIG
(SO
TRANSIT
MARCHES
.
GLORIA
.
MUNDI.
.
THE
12
GOD
OF
DAY).
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
OlNE LUMINE
.
.
INANE.
.
(DARKNESS
PRECEDES
DAY).
OlC PRETERIT
.
,TAS.
(LIFE
is
WINGED).
1 EMPUS AD LUCEM
. .
DUCIT
.
VERITATEM,
(TIME
BRINGS
TRUTH
TO
LIGHT).
EMPUS
(TIME
.
OBIT,
.
MORS
.
VENIT.
DIES,
DEATH
13
REIGNS).
A BOOK OF
1 EMPUS
(TIME
.
FUGIT.
HASTES).
1 EMPUS
(TIME
.
VITÊ
.
MONITOR.
is
LIFE'S
REMEMBRANCER).
1 ENERE NON
.
POTES
.
NEC
.
PERDERE.
.
(YOU
CANNOT
KEEP
IT,
NOR
LOSE
IT).
LJM1 iBRA
(THE
.
DEI.
.
WORKMANSHIP
OF
THE
GREAT
ARCHITECT).
14
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
Ur.
(SHADE
UMBRA
.
SIC
.
VITA.
is
LIFE'S
PATTERN).
V ENIO
(l
.
UT
STEAL
UPON
YOU)
V IGILATE
(WATCH
.
&
.
ORATE,
.
TEMPUS
.
FUGIT.
AND
PRAY,
TIME
HASTES
AWAY).
IA
(LIFE'S
ROAD).
15
A BOOK OF
V ITA
NOSTRA
(LIFE
.
EST
.
INSTAR
.
COMCEDLE.
OFTEN
CHANGES
SCENES).
ERITAS
.
TEMPORIS
FATHER
.
FILIA.
(TIME
THE
OF
TRUTH).
ELCOME
IN
CHAPMAN.
*ON A DIAL
A MARKET PLACE.
16
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
rET
I'LL
OTHERS TELL OF STORMS AND SHOWERS, ONLY COUNT YOUR SUNNY HOURS.
.
.
(THE MOTTO CHOSEN BY QUEEN ALEXANDRA FOR THE SUNDIAL, AT SANDRINGHAM).
17
A BOOK OF
LJ NITED IN TIME, PARTED IN TIME, TO BE REUNITED, WHEN TIME SHALL E NO MORE.
.
(IN
THE KING'S GARDEN, HOLYROOD, ON THE DIAL PRESENTI BY CHARLES I. TO QUEEN HENRIETTA MARIA).
SO AS
AND TIME HOURES PASSET AWAYE. DOETH THE LIFE OF MAN DECAY: TIME CAN BE REDEEMED WITH N
.
COST,
BESTOW
IT
.
WELL AND
.
LET
NO
HOUR
BE
LOST.
(ON A RING DIAL).
RA1 JSISEUNT
(THY
.
DIES
.
TUI.
DAYS
ARE
18
PASSING).
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
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.
. . . . . .
. .
1 HESE SHADES SO FLEET

.
.
FROM DAY TO DAY. AND SO THIS LIFE

. . .
PASSETH
AWAIE.
VT.
(AS
.
HORA PRAETERITA
.
SIC
.
FUGIT
.
VITA.
THE
HOUR
THAT
IS
PAST,
SO
LIFE
FLIES).
19
A BOOK OF
J\S SHADOWE
. .
SO
MAN
SPEBDETH.
1MB
.
TIDE
DOTH WAIST THEREFORE MAKE HASTE

.
WE
SHALL.
UT.
(AS
.
HORA
PUGIT
.
VITA.
AN .HOUR
LIFE
FLIES).
Y OU
MAY
WASTE
BUT
CANNOT
STOI
ME.
(ON AN OLD CHURCH AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS).
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
As.
THE
SUNE
RUNS
SO
DEATH
COMES.
SO
TIME AND HOURS PASSETH AWAY DOUTH THE LIFE OP MAN DECAY.
.
.
T
B RIGHT
RANSEUNT
.
ET
.
IMPUTANTUR.
.
(THEY
PASS
AND
ARE
RECKONED).
SOL
.
TIDE
AND LUNA DOTH HOLD.

.
TIME
AND
21
A BOOK OF
D ON
JOUR BON
SOIR.
As
SO
.
THESE HOURS DOTH DOTH THE LIFE OF

. .
.
PASS
AWAY,
DECAY.
MEN
MEMENTO
MORI.
A
.
DAY
MAY
.
THIS
THEE. RUIN HOUR. A.D. MDCCXXXII.

. .
IMPROVE
HOUR NOW SHOWN PERHAPS MAY BE THY LAST, REPENT AND PRAY BEFORE THAT HOUR BE PAST.
HE
. . .
22
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
1
ON
HIS
. .
FOURFOLD
.
INDEX
OF
.
SWIFT
TIME
WHICH
ROUND,
.
YE
.
SHADOW
.
VEERETH
.
SHOULD
SINCE
.
MAN
.
EXCITE
TO
THEMES
.
SUB.
LIME.
NOU T
BUT
SHADOWS
HERE
ARE
FOUND.
B EHOLD
SEEK
. . .
NOW
(2
. .
IS
.
THE
2).
ACCEPTED
.
TIME.
COR.
vi.
.
YE THE LORD BE FOUND. (IsA.
WHILE
LV.
.
HE
MAY
6).
V IRTUE
.
JOIN
PRECIOUS
TIME.
&>jp'ty>
1 HUS ETERNITY APPROACHETH.

.
23
A BOOK OF
V_/ERTA
(A
.
.
RATIO.
SURE
RECKONING).
/VsPICE
(LOOK
.
IN
.
HORAM,
.
ET MEMENTO MORI,
. .
ON
THE
HOUR
AND
REMEMBER
DEATH).
RIFLE
NOT,
YOUR TIME'S
.
SHORT.
1MB
CAN
24
DO
MUCH.
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
.
RAPIET
.
DIEM.
DAY
.
(TIME
WILL
HURRY
THE
AWAY).
ER
NON
.
SEMPER
.
VIRIT.
(SPRING
is
NOT
ALWAYS
GREEN).
1MB
IS
MORE
SACRED
THAN
GOLD.
CITO
.
PEDE
.
PRAETERIT.
.
(AGE
PASSES
WITH
25
SWIFT
FOOT).
A BOOK OF
1 HUS
.
THE
.
GLORY
AWAY.
OF
THE
WORLD
PASSES
T,1MB
AS
.
THE
IT
.
DIAL
.
TO
.
ALTHOUGH
BE
NOT
THE SUN. SHONE UPON.

. . .
CARPE
(WHILE
SEIZE
.
LOQUIMUR FUGERIT INVIDA ÊTAS, DIEM QUAM CREDULA NlINIME

.
.
POSTERO.
,
SPEAKING
.
so
ENVIOUS
.
TIME
.
HAS
FLOWN,
TO-DAY,
LITTLE
TRUST
THE
MORROW).
OUB
UNDER
SOLE
.
VANITAS.
.
THE
SUN
VANITY). 7
26
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
I OST TENEBRAS SPERO LUCEM.
.
.
(AFTER
DARKNESS
HOPE
FOR
LIGHT).
L/HEURE
(THE
.
PASSE,
.
L'AMITIE
,
RESTE.
HOUR
PASSES,
FRIENDSHIP
STAYS).
L'HEURE
.
DE
BIEN
.
FAIRE.
(THIS
IS
THY
FORTUNATE
HOUR).
M,A. VITA
VITA
.
E
.
E
.
IL DIG.
. .
SOLE:
.
DELI/UM
. .
LA
SENZA ESSO
SON'
.
L'UM,
QUAL SENZA
SOL
IO.
(MONASTERY NEAR FLORENCE).

27
A BOOK OF
OILENS
(THOUGH
.
.
LOQUOR.
.
SILENT,
SPEAK).
M
(UNTO
ICAT
.
IN
TENEBRIS
.
LUX
.
JUSTORUM.
LIGHT
.
THE
UPRIGHT
THERE
ARISETH
IN
THE
DARKNESS),
OINE SOLE
.
SILEO.
.
(WITHOUT
SUN
KEEP
SILENCE).
I HE
.
HOUR
.
THOU
.
READEST
.
NOW ON
. .
.
ME.
WILL NEVER MORE BE OFFERED THEE; THOU TAK'ST HEED WISE IP THOU WILT BE.
. . .
28
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
To. MORROW'S
HOURS
MAY
BE
LESS
FORTUNATE.
UT
FILII
.
LUCIS
.
INCEDITE.
.
(WALK
AS
CHILDREN
OP
LIGHT).
OlNE UMBRA
.
NIHIL.
(WITHOUT
SHADOW
NOTHING).
SEEK
MY
LIGHT
29
FROM
GOD.
A BOOK OF
OH. EARLY
WISE,
.
PASSENGER,
.
,
LOOK
.
UP,
.
BE
AND THINK HOW NIGHT EVER FLIES.

. .
AND
DAY
TIME
i
'TIS
IME'S
.
.
HAND'S
.
BREADTH;
.
'TIS
.A
TALE;
A VESSEL UNDER SAIL; AN EAGLE IN ITS WAY, 'TIS DARTING DOWN UPON ITS PREY; AN ARROW IN ITS FLIGHT, 'TIS MOCKING THE PURSUING SIGHT.
.
-.
DEUS
SOL
.
. .
VISIBILIS
DEUS
(THE
.
INVISIBILIS.
. .
GOD
SUN is THY VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE SUN).

.
.
GOD,
30
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
1N
(IN
.
LUCE
THY
.
TUA
.
FRUAMUR
.
LUCE.
LIGHT
SHALL
WE
SEE
LIGHT).
I LL
IN
.
LIVE
CRY,
.
TO-MORROW,
. .
YOU
.
DELAYING
WHAT FAR COUNTRY DOES TO-MORROW

LIE?
1 HE
LEARNED
LINE
SHOWETH
THE
CITY'S CITY'
HOUR.
(ON A SUNDIAL IN MILAN).
L,UX
HUJUS HOKUM.
. .
SOLIS
WILL
31
VOBIS
INDICABIT
(THIS
SUN'S
LIGHT
SHOW THE
.
HOUR).
A BOOK OF
OLD.
THIS
.
FATHER NONE;
.
TIME
HERE,
STANDS STILL FOR

.
.
MOMENT
GONE;
THE
NEXT
HIM
. .
HE'S
AND
THOUGH
SO
.
YOU
.
SPEAK
.
NE'ER
KIND,
.
HE
IF,
NEVER
THEN,
BE,
. .
LAGS
ONE
TIME
.
WITH
STEP BEHIND; YOU'D FORWARD

.
YOU
E'EN
MUST
RUN AS
FAST
AS
HE.
HE
DAY
IS
THINE.
U NAM
(FEAR
.
TIME.
.
ONE
32
HOUR).
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
UNA.
HARUM
VIT^:
HORARUM
ERIT
ULTIMA;
A
T, ME
.
BSQUE
SOLE,
.
ABSgUE
.
USU,
I
(WITHOUT
SUN,
WITHOUT
USE).
WASTED
.
IS
EXISTENCE,
USED
IS
LIFE.
HAT. SOLAR SHADOW, AS

.
IT
MEASURES
LIFE,
IT
.
LIFE
RESEMBLES
TOO.
D
33
A BOOK OF
As. A
SHADOW SUCH
.
IS
LIFE.
LTIMA
.
DECIDET.
DECIDES).
(THE
LAST
(AT VENTIMIGLIA).
A
AN
.
SPAN
INQH
. .
IS
ALL
.
THAT
.
WE
CAN
BOAST,
MAN
IN
OR SO OF TIME: BUT VANITY AND DUST ALL HIS FLOWER AND PRIME.
;
IS
',
34
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
JDE
.
THANKFUL,
WATCH,
PRAY,
WORK,
/\SPICE
(LOOK
.
ME.
ME).
UPON
As. THE
SHADE
1
IS,
SO
IS
LIFE.
LUMINE
(MOVED
.
MOTUS.
BY
35
LIGHT).
A BOOK OF
OHADOW
YET
.
AND SUN so TOO OUR LIVES ARE MADE THINK HOW GREAT THE SUN, HOW SMALL THE SHADE.
. .
.
BLAME TIME, WHILE IT IVl EN DO THEY SPEND UNTO NO PURPOSE, OR TO A BAD END.
. .
. .
1 HERE
IS
A SEASON
.
FOR EVERYTHING.
.
OOL
(THE (
.
TEMPORA
.
DIVEDIT
.
SUN
DIVIDES
THE
36
SEASONS
OF
TIME).
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
/VsPICE
(GAZE
. .
ET
PASS
ABI.
ON).
AND
1 IME'S GLASS AND SCYTHE THY LIFE AND DEATH DECLARE. SPEND WELL THY TIME AND FOR THY DEATH PREPARE.
.
1 HE
.
GAY
.
WHO WOULD
.
BE
COUNTED
.
WISE,
THINK ALL
DELIGHT
. .
IN
PASTIME
.
LIES.
.
THEY WHAT THE WISE CONDEMN, WHILST THEY PASS TIME, TIME PASSES
NOR
HEED
.
THEM.
37
A BOOK OF
OENZA
SENZA
.
PALAR PALESO
.
.
DA TUTTI SON INTESO. FAR RUMOR L'ORA.

. . . . . ,
(WITHOUT
SPEAKING
AM
WITHOUT
NOISE
REVEAL
UNDERSTOOD BY THE HOUR).

.
.
ALL.
iT
IS
LATER
THAN
YOU
THINK.
.BAD R,
ON
THIS
. .
DIAL
.
HOW
.
THE
SHADOWS
MY
. .
DEVOUR
SHORT-LIVED WINTER'S DAY. EATS UP HOUR ALAS! THE TOTAL'S BUT FROM TO FOUR.
. .
.
HOUR
EIGHT
38
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
V OS
(YE
.
ESTIS
.
LUX
.
MUNDI,
.
ARE
THE
LIGHT
OF
THE
WORLD).
M
.
AKE THE PASSING THY WILL.

. .
SHADOW SERVE
.
BY THE DIAL'S SHADY STEALTH MAYST KNOW THIEVISH PROGRESS TO ETERTIME'S

HOI >U
.
NITY.
(SHAKESPEARE'S SONNET LXXVII.)
39
A BOOK OF
OENZA
E
. .
PUR
AND
.
L'UMBRA L'UMBRA
.
NON
E
.
MIO
.
DILETTO, DIFETTO.
.
.
(WITHOUT YET
A A
SHADOW SHADOW
PLEASE
.
NOT,
IS
MY
DEFECT).
IN
HIS
HIS
OWN
. .
IMAGE
.
THE
.
CREATOR
MADE,
.
OWN
.
PURE SUNBEAM THEE O MAN

! . .
.
QUICKENED
.
THOU
THE
.
THY DIAL! BREATHING SINCE NAME BEGAN PRESENT HOUR WAS EVER MARKED BY SHADE.
. .
.
NOTE
THE
TIME
40
THAT
YOU
WASTE.
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
V HEN
.
.
THOU
.
DOST
.
LOOK
. .
UPON
MY
ITS
FACE,
FO LEARN HOW IINK
.
THE TIME OF MY SHADOW

. . .
DAY,
KEEPS
PACE,
LIFE FLIES AWAY. MORTAL, THIS ADVICE FROM ME VND SO RESOLVE TO SPEND ON LIFE [Y EARTH, THAT HEAVEN
VS
.
.
THY
.
.
KE,
.
SHALL
[Y
.
BE
.
HOME,
WHEN
TIME
SHALL
END.
(IN
COUNTY KERRY, IRELAND).
IN OW
IS
YESTERDAY'S
TO-MORROW.
W
'HEN
HILST
.
PHGEBUS
.
VIEW
MY
ON ME SHINES, SHADE AND LINES.

.
41
A BOOK OF
_ÎFE' 5'S
. .
BUT
. .
SHADOW
MAN'S BUT DUST; THIS DIALL SAYS DY ALL WE MUST.

.
.
I O VADE E VENGO OGNI GIORNO MA TU ANDRAI SENZA RITORNO.

. .
.
(l
GO
.
BUT
AND COME EVERY DAY, THOU SHALT GO WITHOUT

.
RETURNING).
(IN
A RIVIERA GARDEN).
IN
(IN
.
CCELO
.
QUIES.
.
HEAVEN
42
is
REST).
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
V^/UI
.
LABORAT
.
ORAT.
(WHO
(IN
WORKS
PRAYS).
LAYLAND CHURCHYARD, LANCASHIRE).
1 RAN SIT UMBRA, LUX PERMANET.

.
.
(SHADOW
PASSES
LIGHT
STAYS).
A
.
MOMENT MARK
SPACE
. .
HOW
. .
SMALL
.
YET OF
(AT
THE DIAL SHOWS UPON THE FACE; WASTE BUT ONE AND YOU SEE HOW GREAT MOMENT IT CAN BE.
. .
. .
OXFORD ON A DIAL BEARING THE ARMS OF THE EARL OF

WHARTON, 1691
43
1702).
A BOOK OF
HAT THOU
.
SEEKEST
IS
SHADOW.
p EREUNT
(THEY
.
ET
AND
.
IMPUTANTUR.
.
PASS
ARE
RECKONED).
STAND
ON
EARTH.
1 EMPORA
(TIME
.
LABUNTUR QILE PEREUNT ET IMPUTANTUR.

.
.
NOB1S
AND
GLIDES
BY,
WHICH
PERISHES
FOR
us
is
RECKONED).
(AT ADLINGTON).
44
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
THE IVl ARK GOOD OR
.
MOMENTS
ILL.
PRIORY).
TROD
FOR
(ON
WARWICK
OB
(IF
.
IL
.
SOLE
MI
.
.
SI
VEDE
NESSUN
. .
CREDE.
.
THE SUN SHINES NONE WILL BELIEVE

.
NOT
.
IN
ME).
OE
(IF
NON
MIA
.
RILUCE GUARDA.
.
IL
SOLE,
NESSUM
.
NO
SUN
SHINES,
NO
ONE
LOOKS
AT
ME).
IV EDEEM
YE
TIME.
45
A BOOK OF
.FTER
DARKNESS,
THE
LIGHT.
lCUT
(AS
.
UMBRA.
SHADOW).
i 'M
GOING WHERE TIME FOLLOWS NOT WHERE IS ETERNITY.

. . .
V,IVERE
COGITA
(LEARN THINK
.
.
.
DISCE. MORI.
. .
HOW HOW
46
TO
.
LIVE
TO
DIE).
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
OIC
.
VITA
.
TRANSIT,
.
(so
PASSES
LIFE).
OlC FORTUNA
.
VOLUTAT.
(SO
FORTUNE
TURNETH).
WE
T,HE
DOST
, .
MAY
NOT
STAY.
SILENT
.
SHADOW
47
SPEAKS.
THOU
HEED?
A BOOK OF
OOLAREM
(THE
.
.
SIGNAT
.
LINEA
.
PICTA
.
VIAM.
PAINTED
LINE
MARKS
THE
SUN'S
PATH),
V IVITE,
(" LIVE
.
AIT,
.
FUGIO.
.
YE
"
.
IT
SAYS
"
FLY
").
OINCE
AND
.
EVERY ONE HATH, EVERY ONE, ONE SHADE, BUT CAN EVERY YOU, ONE,
. .
SHADOW LEND.
.
(SHAKESPEARE'S SONNET
LIII.)
e3* 5*'5*
(
1MB
IS
THE
MONITOR
48
OF
LIFE.
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
.
SOL
.
DEFICIET
.
NEMO
ONE
.
NE
.
ASPICIET.
.
(IP
THE
SUN
PAILS,
NO
WILL
LOOK
ON
MB).
Jll/
HEU
(SO
FUGACES
THE
.
LABUNTUR
.
ANNI.
Horace.
FLEETING
YEARS
GO
BY).
V IVENS
(HE
.
MORTALIS.
.
THAT
LIVES
is
MORTAL).
ALLEZ
(PASS
.
vous.
ON).
49
A BOOK OF
TER
.
ENIM JUSTORUM SIMILE EST LUCI LUCERE: PERGENTI SPLENDID^, ADEO UT CORUM QUISQUE SIT
.
STABILIS
(THE
.
DIE.
.
PATH
.
OF
.
THE
JUST
is
AS
.
LIGHT,
THAT
SHINETH
MORE
.
AND
THE SHINING MORE UNTO THE

.
PERFECT
DAY).
HADOW AND
.
SHINE
is
LIFE.
(TENNYSON'S
"
GRANDMOTHER
").
JL/IFE
IS
VAIN
SHADOW.
HORT THE WORK.

.
DAY
AND
GREAT
THE
50
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
THE LITTLE DAY-STAR MOVING LIFE AND TIME ARE WORTH IMPROVING! THE MOMENTS, WHILE THEY SEIZE STAY: SEIZE AND USE THEM
. . .
LEST
AND
YOU LOSE THEM LAMENT THE WASTED

. .
. .
DAY.
AND SLACK DETHE COMETH AND WARNETH TYME PASSETH AND SPEKETH
.
.MENDE A,
.
TO-DAY
.
.
NOT, NOT, NOT.
UT.
(AS
.
VITA
.
FINIS
.
ITA.
.
LIFE
IS
SO
IS
ITS
END).
(ON
THE TOWER OF CHELSEA OLD CHURCH).

51
A BOOK OF
IJ EGONE
.
ABOUT
YOUR
BUSINESS.
IME
.
TIME TIME
TIME
.
IS THOU CANST PAST; RECALL: IS, WOU HAST; EMPLOY THE PORTION SMALL: FUTURE IS NOT; AND MAY NEVER BE: PRESENT IS THE ONLY TIME FOR THEE.
.
WAS,
.
NOT
IT
W
IV ESPICITIE,
(MARK
. .
ATCH
AND
PRAY.
NON
.
MIHI
.
SOLE
.
LABORAVI.
.
YE,
NOT
FOR
MYSELF
52
ONLY
HAVE
TOILED).
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
1
IME
. .
FLIES.
.
LINES
RISE
AND
SHADOWS
LET LOVE
IT
.
FALL.
.
PASS REIGNS
.
BY.
FOR
EVER
OVER
ALL.
1 WAKEN WITH THE RISING SUN, AND SLEEP WHEN HIS LONG COURSE
.
.
.
IS
RUN.
J\
I,
.
CLOCK
.
THE
.
TIME
.
MAY
WRONGLY
.
TELL; NEVER, IF
THE
SUN
SHINES
WELL.
WE 'ARE HADOWS SHADOWS DEPART.

.
.
AND
LIKE
53
A BOOK OF
VVMNIA PERT
. .
ÊTAS,
(TIME
BRINGS
ALL
THINGS).
AMNOSA
.
QUID
.
NON
.
IMMINUIT
.
DIES?
?)
(WHAT
is
THERE
WASTING
TIME
DOES
NOT
IMPAIR
From
(ON A SUNDIAL IN A VENETIAN GARDEN).
Horace.
1 HE UTMOST FOR THE

.
. .
HIGHEST.
R.A.,
(THE MOTTO ON THE SUNDIAL BELONGING TO o. F. WATTS, AT HIS RESIDENCE, LIMNERSLEASE, COMPTON).
L IVE
TO-DAY.
54
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
1 HY
.
DIAL
PRECIOUS
WILL SHOW HOW MINUTES WASTE.

.
.
THY
(SHAKESPEARE'S SONNET LXXVII.)
ADAM
(l
,
ET
GO
.
REVERTAR.
.
SHALL
AND
RETURN).
I NDUCE
(TAKE
.
ANIMUM
THYSELF
.
SAPIENTEM.
WISE
.
TO
WORD).
OOL
(THE
.
REGIT
SUN
.
OMNIA.
.
RULES
ALL).
55
A BOOK OF
-^/E, ARN :
.
TO
VALUE
YOUR
TIME.
ONE
CAN
CALL
AGAIN
THE
PASSED
TIME;
OHININ G SPOT FOR EVER SHINING BRIGHTEST. HOURS HAVE NO ABIDING. USE THY GOLDEN MOMENTS WELL. LIFE IS WASTING
.
DEATH
DEATH CONSIGNS
.
IS
.
HASTING.
.
TO
HEAVEN
OR
HELL.
V IVE
(LIVE
.
MEMOR
LETHI,
DEATH,
.
FUGIT
.
HORA.
PLIES).
REMEMBERING
THE
HOUR
56
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
OOL
(THE
.
GLORIA
is
.
MUNDI.
.
SUN
THE
WORLD'S
GLORY).
i NIMICUM
(WHEREFORE
.
QUARE FACIEM TUAM ABSCONDAS, ET REPUTES ME.

.
TIBI?
HIDEST
THOU
MB THINE
.
THY FACE ENEMY ?)

.
AND
HOLDEST
V ENI,
(COMB,
.
VIDE,
.
VALE.
SEE,
FAREWELL).
VERY
DAY
BRINGS
57
LIFE
NEARER.
A BOOK OF
YOUR SUBSTANCE, YOU MADE, THAT MILLIONS OF STRANGE ON YOU TEND?
HAT ARE
. .
IS
.
WHEREOF
SHADOWS
(SHAKESPEARE'S
SONNET
LIII).
OlC
LABITUR
.
AETAS.
.
(THUS
SLIPS
LIFE
AWAY).
OUB
UMBRA QUIESCUNT.
.
.
(UNDER
SHADOW THEY
.
REST).
OUB
(UNDER
.
LUCE
LIGHT
.
GAUDENT.
.
THEY
REJOICE),
58
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
UT.
(WALK
FILII
.
LUCIS
.
INCEDITE.
.
AS
CHILDREN
OF
LIGHT).
V
OM NES
(YE
. .
OLAT
(TIME
.
TEMPUS.
TURNS).
VOS
.
.
FILII
.
LUCIS
.
:
ESTIS,
.
AC
FILII
DIEI:
NOCTIS,
ARE
.
NON SUMUS NEQUE TENEBRARUM.

' . ; .
.
FILII
CHILDREN
THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT, DAY WE ARE NOT OF THE NIGHT, NOR THE DARKNESS).
ALL
. . ;
.
AND
OF
THE THE
I USTUM
(JUST
.
ET
.
AND
59
FAIR).
A BOOK OF
ETAIN
YOUR
.
LOYALTY,
PRESERVE
YOUR
RIGHTS.
JL/IES
AD
.
DIEM
.
EURETAT
,
SERMONEM.
(DAY
UNTO
DAY
UTTERETH
SPEECH).
OAPIENTIS
(IT
.
EST
.
NUMERARE.
.
IS
THE
WISE
WHO
NUMBER).
ELL ARRANGED SUREST SIGN

.
TIME
IS
THE
OP
WELL
ARRANGED
MIND.
60
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
JllrRIT
.
NOMEN
.
.
EJUS
IN
SECULUM,
HIS
. .
DURANTE
(HIS
.
SOLE.
ENDURE
.
NAME
.
SHALL
.
FOR
EVER,
.
NAMB
SHALL
BE
CONTINUED
AS
LONG
AS
THE
SUN).
V^/'EST
(THIS
.
L'
'HEURE
.
DE
,
BOIRE.
IS
THE
HOUR
FOR
DRINKING).
(ON AN INN AT LILBOURNE).
AH. WHAT
HOW
DAY
.
IS
HUMAN
.
LIFE!
.
.
YET
TARDY MOVING SHADE: BY AFTER DAY US GLIDES UNPERCEIVED, SOON MAN'S LIFE IS UP AND WE ARE GONE.
LIKE
.
THE
.
DIAL'S
.
61
A BOOK OF
BUS
.
ADEST
.
LABORANTIBUS.
.
(GOD
STANDS
BY
THE
WORKER).
-LoOSE
NO
TIME.
IALL
(LOQ.)
PASS,
(RESP.)
PASSINGER STAIE, TELL ME MY NAME, THY NATVRE. THY NAME IS DIE ALL. AM A MORTALL
.
. .
.
DIALL
(LOQ.)
CREATVRE. SINCE MY NAME

.
AND
THY
.
.
NATVRE
. .
SO
AGREE,
.
THINK
ON THY SELFE WHEN THOU LOOKST VPON ME.

. .
62
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
VIIS
(THE
.
TUIS
.
RESPLENDEBIT
SHINE
.
LUX,
LIGHT
SHALL
UPON
THY
WAYS).
WLD
TIME
IS
STILL
A-FLYING.
Herrick.
NNON
PAULISPER CESSABIT ? CES!

.
DIEBUS
FEW
MEIS
(ARE
NOT
MY
DAYS
?)
1 EMPUS ACCEPTUM.
.
(NOW
IS
THE
ACCEPTED
63
TIME).
A BOOK OF
U TERE
(EMPLOY
.
NON
.
NUMERA.
.
THEM,
COUNT
THEM
NOT).
V
(LIVE
IVI
BREV'ORE, GLI OCCHI.

. . .
INDI
SERRAR
EVER
VAI
YOUR
BRIEF
HOUR THEN YOUR EYES).

.
FOR
CLOSE
IPSE
MUTAT
.
TEMPO RA
.
ET
TEMPESTATES.
(HE
.
CHANGETH
THE
TIMES
AND
THE
SEASONS).
AIT
NOT
FOR
64
TO-MORROW.
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
VyMNIBUS
(THE
.
LUCET.
.
LIGHT
SHINES
FOR
ALL).
V_J NLY
OF
DO
ABIDE IN THE LIGHT HEAVEN FULFIL THE WILL OF MY MAKER.

.
AS
.
1 HE
SHADOW OF THE
.
ETERNAL.
IN
(IN
.
HORA
THE
.
NULLA
.
MORA.
DELAY).
HOUR
IS
NO
65
A BOOK OF
IN
.
GOD'S
GOOD
TIME.
PPOSTO
.
PENSI
THINK
DI
.
DI TE.
.
.
ME
(THINK
.
NOT
OF
.
OF
ME
THYSELF).
JU lSCE
DIES
.
NUMERARE
.
TUOS.
(LEARN
TO
NUMBER
THY
DAYS).
ITH
MY
SHADOW
66
MOVES
TH1
WORLD.
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
Y,ESTERDAY'S
TO-MORROW
.
NEVER
GONE, TO-DAY IS HERE, MAY APPEAR.

.
OUR.
THE
LIFE'S
.
A
.
FLYING
SHADOW, GOD'S
. .
THE POLE, DEATH THE HORIZON,

.
WHERE
.
OUR
.
SUN
.
IS
.
SET;
.
INDEX, SOUL,
.
POINTING
;
AT
HIM,
.
IS
OUR
.
AND
WILL THROUGH RESURRECTION GET.

.
CHRIST
(MILTON CHURCH, BERKS.)
1 HEY
(THE
.
HOURS)
.
PERISH
AND
ARE
NOT
THOUGHT
67
OF.
A BOOK OF
1 ER
(FOR
. .
FELICI
UGUALMENTE
THE
.
ED LE
.
.
TRISTI ORE.
.
.
SEGNO
.
HAPPY
AND
THE
SAD
MARK
THE
HOURS
ALIKE).
IN
IL
.
SINE
.
NOBIS.
.
(NOTHING
EXISTS
WITHOUT
us).
SILENT
. .
STAND MID YE
.
FLOWERS
.
RECKON
.
ALL
. .
YE
.
PASSING
. . .
GAZER,
WHO LOOKEST ON ME
OF
LIFE
HOURS, NOW,
.
THE
HOURS THOU?
DOST
RECKON
HE
HOURS
FLY
FAST
ON
WINGS
OF
LIGHT.
68
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
WHICH
OISELESS
.
FALLS
.
ONLY
THE FOOT OF TIME TREADS ON FLOWERS.

.
.
.
IN ON
(l
.
REDIBO.
.
SHALL
NOT
RETURN).
BE
NOR
.
WATCHFUL THOU, AWAY AMAIN, THE HOUR CAN

. . . .
TIME
THAT'S
POSTS
.
PAST
RETURN
AGAIN.
IN ON TARDUM
.
OPPERIOR.
DO
.
(NOT
FOR
THE
SLOW
TARRY).
A BOOK OF
IN OS EXIGUUM TEMPUS
.
HABEMUS,
.
SED
MULTUM
(A
.
PERDIMUS.
HAVE
.
LITTLE
TIME
WE,
BUT
WASTE
MUCH).
IN OW OR WHEN
.
(BEVERLEY MINSTER).
TUA
LIGHT
VITA
MY
.
MEA.
(THY
LIFE).
INI OTHING
IS
TRUE
70
BUT
THE
LIGHT.
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
IVlANEO
(i
. .
NEMINI.
.
WAIT
FOR
NONE).
H EN THOU DOST GAZE UPON MY FACE THINK THEN OF TIME, HOW SWIFT
. . . .
VV
HIS
.
PACE,
. . . . .
AND THAT WITH EVERY MOMENT FLOWN THY OPPORTUNITY IS GONE.

.
iVl EMOR
(REMEMBER
ESTO
.
BREVIS
.
AEVI
HOW
BRIEF
is
LIFE).
ISSPEND
71
NO
TIME.
A BOOK OF
L
HE
SHADOW
.
FLIES
AND
IT
IS
SEEN
NO
MORE.
HOURES ARE MADE OF SUN AND SHADE TAKE HEDE OF WHAT YOUR HOURES
Y
. .
.
. .
BE
MADE.
_ÎFE
DOTH
AS FLY
.
THIS
SHADE
FADE.
AND
IFE
IS
.
IS
TO
SHORT, TIME BE DONE.

. . .
IS
SWIFT,
MUCH
72
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
.
DEMONSTRAT
.
UMBRA.
(LIGHT
SHOWS
SHADOW).
DIEI,
.
LEX
.
DEI.
.
(THE
LIGHT
OP
DAY,
THE
LAW
OF
GOD).
I HE
CARELESS
.
LOOK
NOTE
.
AND
AS
.
DO
.
NOT
HEED,
THE
WISE
TAKE
ME
THEY
READ:
TEMPUS
FUGIT.
ET UMBRA VICISSIM AMOR.

. .
.
SED SEMPER
.
(LIGHT
AND
SHADOW
BY
TURNS
BUT
ALWAYS
LOVE).
73
A BOOK OF
THE HOURS, SO WEARS THE DAY, THESE MOMENTS MEASURE LIFE AWAY. WITH ALL ITS TRAINS OF HOPE AND
.
OO
GLIDES
. .
TILL
RISE
FEAR; SHIFTING LIGHT
SCENES
OF
.
SHADE
.
AND
SINK
TO
IN
.
THE ETERNAL ENDLESS NIGHT.

.
DAY,
OR
Dr. Watts.
SO
LIFE
TYME DOTH HASTE DOTH WASTE.

.
OUR. DAYS
DECLINE
LIKE
SHADOW.
VVUR
TIME'S
74
AT
HAND.
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
.
SHINE NOT
.
FOR ONE
.
BUT
FOR
ALL.
iVl UNDI
(THE
.
OCULUS.
THE
.
EYE
OF
WORLD).
V^ MNIA
(ALL
.
SUNT
.
HOMINUM
MAN
.
PENDENTIA
A
FILO.
THE
.
THINGS
OF
HANG
UPON
THREAD)
1 HE
SHADOWES
FLOWN;
75
RETURN
NO
MORE.
A BOOK OF
IvST
(IT
.
.
HORA.
.
is
THE
HOUR).
A
(PRAY
.
NE
.
TE
LAST
ULTIME
HOUR
.
FALLAT.
.
LEST
THE
COME
UNAWARES).
V_yRBIS
(A
.
ET
.
UMBRA.
.
CIRCLE
AND
SHADOW).
SOL
.
ADORNATUR.
is
.
(THE
RISING
SUN
ADORNED).
76
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
N OW
MAYEST THOU
.
LEARN
FROM THE
.
PAST.
BSERVE
PAST,
.
HOW
.
FAST
.
TIME
.
HURRIES
.
USE EACH WHILE IN HOUR, YOUR POWER FOR COMES THE SUN, BUT TIME FLIES
. .
THEN
ON,
PROCEEDING
EVER
RETURNING
NEVER.
SHADE AND SUNSHINE FOR EACH HOUR SEE HERE A MEASURE MADE: THEN WONDER NOT IF LIFE CONSIST OF SUNSHINE AND OF SHADE.
F
. . .
. .
77
A BOOK OF
T
.
DISCE,
.
AUT
.
DISCED.
GO).
(EITHER
LEARN
OR
SUN THROW, WHAT SHALL

.
.
1 HE
ON
.
ME
.
DOTH
.
SHADOW
THIS
DAY
THY
MORROW
SHOW?
/VFFLICTIS
(TIME
.
LENTAE.
.
is
SLOW
TO
THE
SORROWFUL).
TEMPS
(TIME
.
PASSE,
.
L'AMITIE
.
RESTE.
PASSES,
FRIENDSHIP
STAYS).
78
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
VJTOD
.
GIVETH
ALL.
VJT IVE
THE
GOD THY HEART, THY HOPES, THY SERVICE, AND THY GOLD. DAY WEARS ON, AND TIME IS WAXING OLD.
. . .
.
PPORTUNITY
AND
IS
HAS BALD
.
LOCKS
IN
FRONT
BEHIND.
LJ lES
(THY
.
SERENUS
BRIGHT
.
SERENUS. SIT ANIMUS.

. .
DAYS
BE
.
BRIGHT.
.
BE
THY
SPIRIT).
79
A BOOK OF
.
EST
.
LUMEN
.
LUMINIS.
.
(GOD
IS
THE
LIGHT
OF
LIGHT).
WISH
.
THE
.
SUN
.
. ;
WOULD
.
SHINE
.
ON
ALL MEN'S FRUITS AND AS WELL AS MINE.

(IN
FLOWERS
THE GARDEN OF BELCARRES,
FIFE).
GIVE
.
FOR
MEN WARNING HOW THE HOURS FLY, AND A MEN ARE SHADOWS SHADOW
. .
.
I.
80
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
MY.
OF
.
HOURS ARE SUMMED IN SHINE AND SHADE JOY AND ARE SADNESS MAN'S
. . . .
MADE.
H OW
HOW
.
LONG
.
IS
TIME
.
ASK
.
THOU
ASK
.
OF
OF
HIV
ORA,
.
ME; FLEET THEE.
IS
TIME?
DIES,
.
MANET
.
ET VITA UNICA VIRTUS.

. , .
FUGUINT;
VIRTUE
(THE
HOUR,
DAY,
AND
LIFE
ALL
FLY,
ONLY
REMAINS).
81
A BOOK OF
OMNO
(AWAKE
.
<K
.
SUGERE.
.
FROM
SLEEP).
HIS
IS
YOUR
HOUR,
ACCEPT
IT.
11 E
HE
. .
THAT WOULD
.
THRIVE
.
MUST
MUST
. .
RISE
AT
FIVE.
.
THAT
TILL
.
HATH
. .
THRIVEN
.
STAY
.
SEVEN,
LIE
HE THAT WILL NEVER THRIVE, MAY

TILL
.
ELEVEN.
1 HAVE NO VOICE AND YET TAKE HEED WHEN YOU THE

.
SPEAK,
.
TIME
DO
SEEK.
82
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
I
'AVANCE.
PASS
.
(i
ALONG).
i RREVOCABILE.
(NEVER
.
TO
BE
RECALLED).
i MPROVE
ALL
IS
.
THE
.
PRESENT
.
HOUR,
FOR
BESIDE
MERE
TIDE.
FEATHER
ON
TORRENT'S
DIEN.
(i
SERVE).
83
A BOOK OF
V_ÔUN T
THE HOURS THEY FLY.

. . .
AS
ONE
BY
ONE
N
MY MY
.
OR
DO BEG THIS SLENDER NICHE, TO WHILE TIME AWAY, OR SAFELY TO BEGUILE WITH THOUGHTS JOY, THERE'S NOTHING WORTH A SMILE.
. .
A
(THE
BUT
.
DIES, QUIA VESPERTINE.

. . .
INCLINARUNT
UMBRAE
OF
DAY
GOETH
AWAY, AND THE SHADOWS EVENING ARE STRETCHED OUT).

. .
THE
OOL
(THE
.
SOLUS
is
;
SOLVIT.
.
SUN
THE
84
ONLY
SOLVER).
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
C OO
FLYS
LIFE
AWAY.
IN
ONEO,
(i
.
DUM
.
MOVED.
WARN AS
.
MOVE).
1 HE MOMENT
.
PAST
LAID
MANY
FAST.
NB. QUID
(LET
.
PEREAT.
.
NOTHING
85
BE
LOST).
A BOOK OF
IN
(TO
.
IHIL
.
VOLENTIBUS
.
ARDUUM.
.
THE
WILLING
NOTHING
IS
DIFFICULT).
PLENDETIS
(YE
.
UT
.
FACES
.
IN
.
MUNDO.
SHINE
AS
LIGHTS
IN
THE
WORLD).
V EDI
(THOU
.
L'
ORA
.
MIA,
L'ORA
TUA
.
NON
?)
SAI?
SEEST
MY
HOUR,
BEHOLDEST
THOU
THINE
1 EMPUS NON FORE

.
AMPLIUS.
.
(THAT
THERE
SHOULD
BE
TIME
NO
LONGER).
86
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
_ûx
(LIGHT
.
FATA
.
EST
.
JUSTO.
RIGHTEOUS).
is
SOWN
FOR
THE
OlC
(THOU
.
HORA QUOTA PETIS PETIS HORA FUGIT.

. . . .
EST,
DUM
SEEKEST
THE THE
HOUR,
.
WHILE
FLIES).
THOU
SEEKEST,
HOUR
N
(HE
.
OVIT
QUAD
.
IN
.
TENEBRIS
.
EST,
ET
THE
LUX
KNOWETH
CUM
WHAT
.
EO
.
HABITAT.
. .
LIGHT
THE DARKNESS, DWELLETH WITH HIM).

.
IS
IN
AND
87
A BOOK OF
MARK NOT THE HOURS UNLESS THEY BE BRIGHT, 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.
I
.
SAYEST THOU? WELL, LET IT PASS! BE A WOULD'ST AT THE GLUTTON FEAST OF LIFE, AND EAT AND EAT, AND EVER FILL THY GLASS? CONTENT LAYS DOWN HIS WELL-FED,
1C
.
TRANSIT,"
. .
THEN,
FORK
AND
KNIFE.
88
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
.
TO-DAY'S
WORK
TO-DAY.
L
'TIS
OR
.
IN
AND
.
OUT,
.
ABOVE
.
US
.
AND
BELOW, NOTHING
BUT
.
MAGIC
.
SHADOW.
SHOW
IN A BOX WHOSE CANDLE IS THE SUN, ROUND WHICH WE PHANTOM FIGURES COME AND GO.
PLAYED
Omar Khayyam.
L/I PE'S BUT IT

.
IS
BUT A SHORT A WORKING

.
.
DAY, DAY.
WITHOUT
IME
FLEETETH
.
AWAY
DELAY.
89
A BOOK OF
IME'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 A BUBBLE ON TIME'S SEA, USE TIME WELL WHILE TIME'S WITH
.
T,
THEE.
HINK
AND
THANK.
NCE
I
.
AT A POTENT STAYED;
. .
LEADER'S
.
VOICE
ONCE
WENT BACK WHEN A GOOD MONARCH PRAYED; WE HOWE'ER GRIEVE, MORTALS, HOWE'ER DEPLORE, THE FLYING SHADOW WILL RETURN NO
.
MORE.
90
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
.
HE
TIME
.
TO
OURS
THAN
COME THE
IS
NO
MORE
PAST.
JLrlFE
IS
SHADOW
FLIGHT.
PASSING OF A
.
SHADOW
BIRD
.
THE
.
IN
the
HIS
From
Talmud.
1 HE
TIME THOU KILLEST TIME KILL THEE.

. . .
.
WILL
IN
T
.
PLEASURE YOUTH
.
BE
GRANTED
.
.
TO
BUT SINCE HUMAN LIFE IS SOON RUN, AND HAS BUT TO SPEAK SOBER TRUTHTWO MOMENTS, LET WISDOM HAVE ONE.
.
. . .
91
A BOOK OF
OURS FLOWERS
FLY,
DIE,
NEW NEW
PASS
DAYS,
WAYS, BY
; .
LOVE
STAYS.
HTUR
.
DIES
NOVAEQUE PERGUNT
(DAY
.
DIE INTERIRE
.
.
LUNAE.
HASTEN
.
DISPLACES
DAY
WARD
AND BUT
NEW
TO
.
MOONS
ON-
FADE).
From
(ON A SUNDIAL IN A GRECIAN GARDEN).
Horace.
VIVIMUS
.
VIVAMUS.
.
(LIVE
WHILE
YOU
LIVE).
92
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
D
SICCI
.
ICIMUS
.
MANE
.
QUUM
(SO
.
SOL
.
.
INTEGRO DICIMUS UVIDI, OCEANO SUREST.

.
DIE,
PRAY
IS
.
WE
SOBER
US
. ; .
IN
.
THE
.
MORNING,
.
DAY
BEFORE
SO
PRAY
.
WE
.
WHEN THE WHEN THE SUN

.
SINKS
BENEATH
THE
OCEAN).
From
(ON A SUNDIAL IN A GRECIAN GARDEN).
Horace.
V OLAT
(FLIES
.
IRREVOCABILIS
.
HORA.
RECALLED).
THE
HOUR
NEVER
TO
BE
OUS QUI PASSE SOUVENE VOUS AU PASSANT QUE TOUT PASSE COMME
. .
.
JE
(REMEMBER
.
PASSE.
ALL
.
WHO
PASS,
ALL
THINGS
PASS
AS
PASS).
93
A BOOK OF
OUCH,
AND
FOR
.
THE
EXTENDS HIS SUCH A MAN LIFE'S SHORT SPACE, FROM THE: GOAL AGAIN RENEWS THE RACE: HE LIVES TWICE WHO CAN AT ONCE EMPLOY PRESENT WELL, AND E'EN THE
.
.
PAST
ENJOY.
From
Martial.
,**.*
TOO TOO TOO TOO BUT
THOSE WHO WAIT, SWIFT FORl. THOSE WHO FEAR, LONG FOR THOSE WHO GRIEVE, THOSE WHO REJOICE SHORT FC/ WHO LOVE FOR THOî
SLOW
JL
i
1MB IME
IS
. .
FOR
,!
YTIME
94
IS
ETERNITY.
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
1 O-DAY
.
IS
YESTERDAY'S
PUPIL.
DAY
COME SHOWS LONGER TO THAN A YEAR THAT'S GONE.

.
. . .
i N SPACE COMES GRACE.

. .
OOME
SOME
THIS
IS
.
COME,
GO,
LIFE
SO.
95
A BOOK OF
UR
WHICH
.
ARE TEACHERS OR OPEN HEAVEN. GATE OF

. .
THE
CLOSE
HOURS THE
.
T
(DWELL
MIGRATURUS
.
HABITA.
.
AS
IF
ABOUT
TO
DEPART).
Ol
SANS
.
SOLEIL
.
SANS
REPONSE
(IF
.
.
VOUS VIENDREZ, VOUS EN RETOURNEREZ.

. . .
.
WITHOUT SUN YOU COME, WITHOUT A REPLY WILL YOU

. . .
.
GO).
V,, (GILANTIBUS
(TO
.
THE
WATCHFUL).
96
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
jl\GE
(DO
. .
QUOD
.
AGIS.
.
WHAT YOU ARE

.
DOING).
lSPONENDO
.
ME,
.
NON
NOT
.
MUTANDO
.
ME,
(BY
DISPOSING
OF
ME,
BY
CHANGING
MB).
r UGIT
IRREPARABILE
.
TEMPOS.
.
(IRRECOVERABLE
TIME
is
FLYING
AWAY).
FAVENTE.
.
(WITH
GOD'S
FAVOUR).
97
A BOOK OF
LA
.
BONNE
HEURE.
(WELL-TIMED).
r AS
(IT
.
EST
.
EB
AB
.
HOSTE
.
DOCERI.
.
IS
RIGHT
TO
DERIVE
INSTRUCTION
EVEN
FROM
AN
ENEMY).
So
TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR WE MAY THAT APPLY HEARTS UNTO WISDOM.

. . .
.
DAYS
OUR
:_>EAD,
KINDLY
98
LIGHT.
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
UNTO
YOU THAT FEAR SHALL THE SUN OP NESS ARISE.

. .
.
MY
NAME
RIGHTEOUS-
HE
HIS
WHIRLIGIG OF REVENGES.
. .
TIME
BRINGS
IN
Shakespeare.
To
BUT
.
THEM THAT MOURN THE HOURS ARE SLOW, WITH THE JOYFUL SWIFTLY GO.
.
.
WE
THE
USE
.
THE HOURS HOURS USE US.

. . . .
SO
WILL
99
A BOOK OF
MOVING FINGER WRITES: ANE HAVING WRIT NOR ALL THY PIETY NO! MOVES ON WIT IT LURE BACK TO SHALL CANCEI HALF A LINE, NOR ALL THY TEARS WASH OUT WORD OF IT,
.
1 HE
Omar Khayyan
D,B
(MY
.
IS
MEI
ARE
SIMILES
A
SUNT
. .
INCLINATÊ.
DAYS
. .
LIKE
SHADOW THAT
DECLINETH).
U TERE
(EMPLOY
.
NON
HOUR,
.
REDIT
.
HORA.
.
THE
IT
RETURNETH
NOT).
100
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
EMOVE NOT THE ANCIENT LANDMARK WHICH THY FATHER HATH SET
. . . .
UP.
UIA
TEMPUS
.
QUIDEM
,
EST
PURPOSE
CUIQUE
.
VOLUNTATI.
.
(THERE
is
TIME
FOR
EVERY
WORK).
AND
FOR
EVERY
W
AND
HEN SLOTH PUTS URGENT BUSINESS

.
BY,
"TO-MORROW'S
CRY;
. .
A
.
NEW
DAY,"
.
SHE'LL
.
ALL HER TRUE THEY'RE NEVER NEW.

.
MORROWS
USED,
.
PROVE
.
IT
AND
THEREFORE
101
A BOOK OF
ÊT ME
.
AND
THE
RIGHT AND USE TIME TO YOU

. . .
ME
WELL
.
WILL
TELL.
(ON A POCKET DIAL).
SHALL CEASE TO SHALL SOON YESTERDAY. THAT KNIFE OF THE SUN CUTS PATIENTLY AWAY.
.
.
OOON
THE SHINING CIRCLE RUN TO-MORROW TURN TO

. . ; . .
.
SHADOW
THY
.
CUTTING
.
IN
LIGHT
OF
LIFE
U NA
(ONE
.
DABIT
.
QUOD
.
ALTERA
. .
NEGAT.
.
HOUR
WILL
GIVE
WHAT THE NEXT

102
DENIES).
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
NAM
(THE
.
JEHOVA PE PERPETOE.
.
.
TIBI
ERIT
LUCI
LORD
SHALL
BE
THINE
EVERLASTING
LIGHT).
Use THE PRESENT TIME REDEEM THE PAST FOR THUS UNCERTAINTY THOUGH IMPERCEPTIBLY THE NIGHT OF LIFE
. .
APPROACHES.
(IN
ALD1NGHAM CHURCHYARD, LANCASHIRE).
OTAY AND
.
THINK.
LVII.)
(SHAKESPEARE'S SONNET
103
A BOOK OF
OLANO
I
.
L'ORE, MESI.
.
GIORNI,
GL'ANNI
Petrarch.
(HOURS,
DAYS,
MONTHS,
YEARS,
ALL
FLY)
IN
TIME.
(ON A CHURCH AT BRADFORD ST. GEORGE, SUFFOLK).
Use.
YOUR
IP
.
.
WELL
.
.
THE
.
PRESENT
.
MOMENTS
WILL
YOU
. .
AS
THEY
FLEET,
LIFE,
.
HOWEVER
.
.
SHORT,
.
BE
COMPLETE. FATAL AT ITS

SAY:
.
ENDING
.
CAN
.
I'VE
LIVED
AND
.
MADE
THE
MOST
OF
EVERY
(IN
DAY.
WATERFALL CHURCHYARD, STAFFORDSHIRE).

104
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
, .
LUCE,
.
QUANDOQUIDEM
FOR
.
ADVENIT
LUX
(ARISE,
.
TUA.
; .
SHINE
THY
LIGHT
is
COME).
jljM
1MB
IS
THE CHRYSALIS OF ETERNITY.

.
jljftjft
OWIFT
FOR
FAST
. .
THE
FLY THE TIME ACTION AND

. . .
. .
HOURS
.
AND
BRIEF
FLITS THIS CRIME,

. . . .
REPOSE: SCENE OF
.
WOE AND
. .
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.
105
A BOOK OF
U NA
UMBRA ET VAPOR HOMINUM

. . . .
VITA.
(A
SHADOW
(IN
AND
SMOKE
IS
MAN*S
LIFE).
HELSTON CHURCHYARD, CORNWALL).
U MBRA
(SHADOW
!
QUID
.
ASPICIS?
.
UMBRAM.
WHAT
SEEST
THOU
SHADOW).
LJT
(THE
.
EXEMPLARI ET QUI DESERVIANT REUM CCELESTIUM.

.
EXAMPLE
AND
SHADOW
OF
HEAVENLY
THINGS).
V OICI
(HERE
VOTRE
is
.
HEURE.
HOUR).
YOUR
106
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
U LTIMA
(THE
.
LATET OMNE OMNES.

. .
ET
.
OBSERVANTUR
.
LAST
[HOUR]
is
HIDDEN
AND
ALL
WATCHED).
ENIM
.
UMBRAM
.
OBTINENS
.
FUTURORUM
(A
.
BONORUM.
.
SHADOW
OF
GOOD
THINGS
TO
COME).
1 AMEN
HIS UMBRIS.
.
AEVUM
.
COMPONITUR
(TIME
is
MADE
UP
OF
SHADOWS).
QUEM NON INEST TRANSMUTATIO

.
AUT
(WITH
.
CONVERSIONS
is
. .
.
OBUMBRATIO.
.
WHOM
NO VARIABLENESS OF TURNING).
107
NEITHER
SHADOW
A BOOK OF
IJEING YOUR SLAVE, WHAT SHOULD DO BUT TEND UPON THE HOURS AND TIMES OF YOUR
.
.
DESIRE?
Shakespeare.
V E STIGIA
(THERE
.
NULLA
.
RETRORSUM.
.
ARE
NO
STEPS
BACKWARD).
V_/URRICULUM
WILL
MEUM
.
ADVENERI^T
(l
. .
PERFICIAM DOMINUS.
. ,
DONEC
i
RUN
MY
COURSE
UNTIL
THE
LORD
SHALL
COME).
Vu. CRUCIS
(THE
.
VIA
.
LUCIS.
.
WAY
OF
THE
CROSS
is
THE
WAY
OF
LIGHT).
108
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
W
FROM
YET,
.
ITH
.
WARNING HAND
. .
MARK
.
TIME'S
.
RAPID
FLIGHT
. . .
GLAD MORNING TO ITS SOLEMN NIGHT; THROUGH THE DEAR GOD'S LOVE,
LIFE'S
. . , .
ALSO SHOW THERE'S A LIGHT ABOVE SHADE BELOW.

I
.
ME
BY
THE
(WRITTEN BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER, FOR A SUNDIAL).
&&*
JLJuM
(WE
. .
EXSPECTAMUS
.
LUCEM,
BEHOLD
ECCE
TENEBR^:.
WAIT
FOR
LIGHT,
BUT
OBSCURITY).
/V MBULEMUS
(LET
.
IN
THE
.
LUCE
LIGHT
.
JEHOV^.
.
us
WALK
IN
OF
THE
LORD).
109
A BOOK OF
-L/ABUNTUR
ANNI RUGIS ET AFFERET.
. .
NEC
PIETAS
MORAM
(THE
FLEETING
YEARS
.
GLIDE
.
NEVER
BRING
CHECK
AWAY, AND PIETY TO WRINKLES);

. . . .
WILL
From
Horace.
L'ORA
(THOU
.
NUMERI MA L'ORE DELLA MORTE.

.
. .
. .
NON
.
SAI
NUMBEREST THE HOURS BUT KNOWEST HOUR OF DEATH).

.
. .
NOT
THE
ELUT UMBRA SUNT SUPER TERRAM.

. . .
DIES
A
NOSTRI
(OUR
DAYS
ON
EARTH
110
ARE
SHADOW).
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
ATCH
FASTER WATCH
SLOWER.
1 UTTE LE COSE
. .
PERISCONA,
AM
IO
SONO
IMMORTALE.
(ALL
.
THINGS
PERISH,
IMMORTAL).
V-xOME,
(IN
LIGHT!
VISIT
ME!
THE GARDEN OF HARRIET MARTINEAU).
ll OMO
is
VANITATI
.
.
SIMILIS
.
EST,
EJUS SUNT DIES PRÊTEREUNTIS.

(MAN
.
.
UT
UMBRA
.
LIKE
TO VANITY
.
HIS
DAYS ARE AS A SHADOW

. .
.
THAT
PASSETH
Ill
AWAY).
A BOOK OF
UMINARE
DIEI.
(THE
.
.
MAJUS
LIGHT
.
AD
TO
.
PR^FECTURAM
.
GREATER
RULE
THE
DAY).
UT.
(l
.
UMBRA
AM
.
QUUM
LIKE
.
DECLINAT.
SHADOW).
GONE
THE CEILING STEALING MOMENTS, MINUTES, HOURS AWAY. MAY NO SHADE FORBID THY SHINING WHILE THE HEAVENLY SUN DECLINING CALLS US TO IMPROVE THE DAY.
;
-ITTLE L,
.
SUN
EVER
MOVING,
.
UPON EVER
.
.
(ON A CEILING DIAL AT THEOBALDS).
112
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
1 AK
TINT O' TIME TINT O' THEE.
. ,
.
ERE
TIME
TAK
V IX
ORIMUR
.
ET
.
OCCIDIMUS.
.
.
(SCARCELY
ARISEN
AND
WE HAVE
SET).
IS
ALWAYS MORNING SOMEWHERE THE WORLD.

. . .
IN
113
IN PRAISE OF SUNDIALS.
115
WHAT
an antique
air
had the now almost effaced

seeming
sun-dials, with their moral inscriptions,
coevals with that
Time which they measured, and

its
to take their revelations of
flight
immediately from
Heaven, holding correspondence with the fountain of light! How would the dark line steal imperceptibly on, watched by the eye of childhood, eager to detect its movement, never catched, nice as an evanescent cloud, or the first arrests of
sleep
! . . .
Ah
yet doth beauty like a dial hand Steal from his figure, and no pace perceived
!
What
a dead thing
of lead
is
a clock, with
its
its
ponderous
embowelments
and brass,
pert or solemn dulness
compared with the simple altar-like It structure and silent heart-language of the old dial of Christian gardens. Why is it stood as the garden god
of communication,
!
almost every where vanished ? If its business-use be superseded by more elaborate inventions, its moral uses, its
It spoke of beauty, might have pleaded for its continuance. moderate labours, of pleasures not protracted after sunset.
CHARLES LAMB.
117
Essays of Elia.
IN PRAISE OF SUNDIALS,
HOW
And, as
well the skilful gardener drew,
Of
flowers and herbs, this dial
new
Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run
it
works, the industrious bee

its
Computes
time as well as we.
How
Be
could such sweet and wholesome hours

?
reckon'd, but with herbs and flowers
ANDREW MARVELL.
The Garden.
A
it
DIAL
'twas
is
the Visible
Map of Time, till Whose

Sun
Invention
It is
follie in
the
to play with a Shadow.
the Anatomic of the
Jornie of the Sun.
It is
Day and a Scale of Miles for the the silent Voice of Time and without
It is
ye Book of ye Sun on which he writes the Storie of the Day. Lastly, Heaven itself is but a generall Dial, and a Dial it, in a lesser volume.
the
Day were dumbe
...
ROBERT HEGGE.
Heliotropum Sciothericum (1630).

119
it
METHINKS out dials quaintly point by point, To carve

Thereby to see the minutes how they run How many make the hour full complete
; ;
were a happy
life
How many hours bring about the day How many days will finish up the year. How many years a mortal man may live. When this is known then to divide the times
So minutes,
...
hours, days, weeks, months, and years, Pass'd over to the end they were created.
SHAKESPEARE.
Henry VI.
(3 part),
Act
if.,
Scene 5.
THE
sundial is a thing of deep sentiment. All feel the beauty and wonder of the thought that Time, that most intangible, most fleeting, most wonderful of
conditions,
in its passing by a is marked so fittingly shadow almost equally intangible and the noblest evidences
;
of creations
invisible
the stars in the heavens
would be to us
and unknown save

of the earth.
for their revelation through the
shadow
Mrs. ALICE
MORSE EARLE.
Sun-dials
121
and Roses of Yesterday.
THE
dial
I
is absorbed by beauty are the hours when we really live, so that the longer we only can stay among these things so much more is snatched
hours when the mind
from inevitable Time.

can watch
It is
it
Let the shadow advance upon the with equanimity while it is there to be
only when the shadow is not there, when the clouds of winter cover it, that the dial is terrible. The
watched.
nvisible shadow goes on and steals from us ... These are the only hours that are not wasted these hours that absorb the soul and fill it with beauty.
RICHARD JEFFERIES.
The Pageant of Summer.
^ I
-L
^HERE is always, to my thinking,

dial
. . .
a charm about a sun-
The sacred grey
of the aged stone, mellowed
by
fair
the
many
years
of
sun
and
rain,
forms a
ground for the patterns which our loved lichens have traced upon it, in dark and orange, gold and oxydised silver The Dial seems a witness with a silent voice, amid the
. . .
changes of this life, to the lastingness of things. THE AUTHOR OF The Harvest of a Quiet Eye. On Sundials.
123
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BOOR

A BOOK OF SUNDIAL MOTTOES.

LONDON: PHILIP WELLBY,

YORK: SCOTT-THAW COMPANY,

cloc\ of sunny climates is necessarily the

grow somewhat wild with random

somewhat dry with sun.

into the labours

not into the perfection

pared^ but into

inherit something peculiarly

usually austere sundial

enjoys the bee-visited, grass-

grown, and fragrant paths that no gardener trims,

man who made

approve them so; a modern man reads the warnings of

The sundial of my own childhood faced a blue

" Thou which, translated, threatened the generations :

hour, but tyiowest not the hour

In the twentieth century no ma*

Other Italian palaces had, likewise,

severe things written on their

sombre or genial, the sundial motto,

of brevity and fulness.

been generally assigned the safe-

the message of three or

complete with their burden of meaning.

There are tunes composed for

music, so is this brief literature^ restricted

and full of vigour within

The phrase and the melody both hate their home

For though sundials

few serene hours of Northern gardens^

use they tal^e

company standing by palace walls :

the sundial for time^

A BOOK OF SUNDIAL MOTTOES,

majority of cases appear as given in

These volumes, which represent a delightful branch of garden

" Sciographia, or the range from John Wells'

of Shadow es" (1635),

Mrs. Alice Morse Earle's

and Roses of Yesterday."

It will be seen that in

instances the English renderoften fanciful.

ings of the inscriptions are free

Sixty "Mottoes for Dials, with their

from a curious and rare

and Errors of Former Writers

are added a choice

Collection of Mottos in Latin and English

London, at the Black Swan, 1737."

V^/ONSUME NOT THY TIME

(BE GONE ABOUT YOUR I STAY FOR NO MAN).

FUGIT RAPIDE INVADIT INERMES,

CREDE DIEM SUPREMUM.

V^MNIA FALCE METIT TEMPUS.

1 EREUNT & IMPUTANTUR.

PARENT OF PAIN NIGHT THE HEELS OF DAY).

V^/ UALIS **^'

KNOW NOT THE

V^UID CELERIUS TEMPORE?

(THE MOTTO CHOSEN BY QUEEN ALEXANDRA FOR THE SUNDIAL, AT SANDRINGHAM).