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True as the dial to the sun,Although it be not shin'd upon.
— Sundial mottos
True as the dial to the sun,Although it be not shin'd upon.
Carve out dials, quaintly, point by pointHow many hours bring about the Day.
I go away and come again each day,But thou shalt go away and ne'er return.
True as the needle to the pole,Or as the dial to the sun.
Amende to-day and slack not,Tyme passeth and speketh not.
"Horas non numero nisi serenas." Its motto the live day long.
Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
Give God thy heart, thy service, and thy gold;The day wears on, and time is waxing old.
Our life's a flying shadow, God's the pole,Which will through Christ a resurrection get.
The night cometh when no man can work.
Thou breathing dial! since thy day beganThe present hour was ever mark'd with shade.
L'heure de la justice ne sonne pas On the dials of this world.
Let others tell of storms and showers,I'll only mark your sunny hours.
Once at a potent leader's voice I stayed;The flying shadow will return no more.
The Natural Clock-work by the mighty ONEWound up at first, and ever since have gone.
As the long hours do pass away,So doth the life of man decay.
If o'er the dial glides a shade, redeemOf hours unblest by shadows from the cross.
I mark my hours by shadow;By sunshine.
Begone about your business.
Hours fly,Love stays.
Time is But for those who Love
In the day, do the day's work.
With warning hand I mark Time's rapid flight,There's light above me by the shade I throw.
He knows but from its shade the present hour.
