O, let no ruthless act destroy, Aught that our Maker doth employ, To live a life and so to teach, Some mutual lesson each to each. [Illustration: SUNDIAL AT CHEESBURN, NORTHUMBERLAND. ] Time, passes fast away, And like grasses turned to hay, Holding a fragrance of the past, So time a memory while we last. [Illustration: SUNDIAL, BAVERHAUS, GERMANY. Date 1618. ] I bid you all good day, For there’s no time to waste, So look, then turn away; And haste, haste, haste. [Illustration: SUNDIAL IN THE NORMAN KEEP, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. ] This day may be your last, To revel in the light, So let no hour go past To sadden what is bright. [Illustration: SUNDIAL ON PERIVALE, MIDDLESEX. Date 1818. ] Since all things change, Time, I, and thou, O, let’s arrange To live well now. [Illustration: SUNDIAL, GERMANY. 18th CENTURY. ] We’re a long time dead, And life is short, So keep this day, As all men ought. [Illustration: SUNDIAL EARLY 17th CENTURY. ] The end inevitable face, All hours too soon are run; And for those who take thy place, Leave record of work done. [Illustration: SUNDIAL, ALL SOULS, OXFORD. ] This day that Thou hast given, Lord, To waste no mortal can afford, For from its hours can fashioned be, Ladders to lift us up to Thee. [Illustration: SUNDIAL AT ST. BARBARA MISSION, CALIFORNIA. Date 1786. ] Enjoy the day, live every hour, And let this thought stick fast— That if for killing time we’ve power, Time killeth us at last. [Illustration: SUNDIAL 18th CENTURY. ] The ocean is likened to time, Because of its boundless expanse; But men who have sailed to each clime, Discredit such talk as romance. [Illustration: SUNDIAL ON LIBERTON HOUSE, MIDLOTHIAN. Date 1683. ] Each moment finds the past increased, So swiftly Time moves on; The bells for Matins scarce have ceased, Ere it is Evensong. [Illustration: SUNDIAL AT WASHINGTON’S HOUSE, LITTLE BRIGHTON, NORTHANTS. ]