I’m placed upon this wall to prove, That pleasant is the light above; And I am also bidden show, How man should mark the same below. [Illustration: SUNDIAL AT CARBERRY, HADDINGTONSHIRE. ] Woman, silently learn well, To give the message you would tell. Man, in patience, note from me, To give and take continually. [Illustration: SUNDIAL, 18th CENTURY. ] I silently point to the hours that speak, To a present that soon will be past, To a shadow that ever fresh seconds seek, And to minutes that glide away fast. [Illustration: SUNDIAL IN THE DEANERY GARDEN, ROCHESTER. ] Let the glory of departing day, The radiance of the early morn, Chase sleepless hours of night away, Give sweet expectancy of dawn. [Illustration: SUNDIAL ON THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, DOVER. ] Ye hours that pass beyond recall, Our God hath taken count of all. Determine, then, all time shall be Not wasted, but improved by thee. [Illustration: SUNDIAL AT LAINSHAW, AYRSHIRE, SCOTLAND. ] Pray not for ye day or night, Too soon thy time is run; And how canst thou discern aright, The hours of dark or sun. [Illustration: SUNDIAL OVER JOHN BUNYAN’S PRISON, BEDFORD BRIDGE. ] Some days with sorrow are so full up, ’Twould take but a drop to spill the cup; But that drop in mercy, ne’er is sent, For troubles to kill were never meant. [Illustration: SUNDIAL, EARLY 18th CENTURY. ] If thou in life some grief shall find, Then, mortal, try to bear in mind; No man has lived out every day, And found each month that it was May. [Illustration: SUNDIAL OVER THE STABLES, CHORLEY WOOD. ] Upward turn thy gaze, not down, Forward ever be thy look. Cultivate a smile, nor frown, At life’s perplexing story book. [Illustration: SUNDIAL, 19th CENTURY. ] Come, let this dial prove to you The brevity of life, And preach to all of hours too few To waste in foolish strife. [Illustration: SUNDIAL, 17th CENTURY. ] O take time in time, For time must go; And time is no time After life’s flow. [Illustration: SUNDIAL IN ST. MARY’S AND ST. EANSWYTHE’S CHURCHYARD, FOLKESTONE. ]