Time calms all fears, And lays to rest, Eyes full of tears, And trembling breast. [Illustration: SUNDIAL ON QUEENS’ COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. ] The hours lost Are beyond all cost; The one you see, Is the hour for thee. [Illustration: SUNDIAL AT WRESTS, BEDFORDSHIRE. ] Come man, awake, And knowledge take, No sleep is won, ’Til day is done. [Illustration: SUNDIAL ON WEST HAM ABBEY CHURCH. Date, 1803. ] Learn from the mirror effect of time, On thy face e’en day by day; But reckon the minutes seen on mine, That work thy life’s decay. [Illustration: SUNDIAL, 17th CENTURY. ] Men quarrel on things of the past, Or on years that never may come; But the present which glides away fast, Is hardly remembered by some. [Illustration: SUNDIAL ON ST. SEPULCHRE’S CHURCH, NEWGATE STREET. ] ’Tis time for bed, ’tis time to rise, ’Tis time for food and exercise; This is my round and common task, To tell men time when they do ask. [Illustration: SUNDIAL IN THE GROUNDS OF MADELEY COURT, SHROPSHIRE. Date 17th Century. ] I serve you, the sun serves me; I serve the sun, the sun serves thee. Who serves most, can you not see? Man made this dial, he serves three. [Illustration: SUNDIAL AT THURSLEY, SURREY. ] Ne’er heave a sigh or call alas, At hours that ever quickly pass; For all I mark our God doth send, To hasten on thy journey’s end. [Illustration: SUNDIAL IN THE GROUNDS OF CAWSTON LODGE, RUGBY. Date 1863. ] Our life’s a shadow man hath said; And death is like to endless shade; But only those departed know, Value of time and light below. [Illustration: SUNDIAL ON INNES HOUSE, MORAYSHIRE, SCOTLAND. Date 1640 to 1653. ] All lines are straight upon my face Like every line of duty; But he who made this stone found place For extra lines of beauty. [Illustration: SUNDIAL FROM PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A. ] O were this dial a mirror bright, Then all would gaze at me, And strive from morn ’til late at night Each lineament to see. [Illustration: SUNDIAL AT “THE COTTAGE,” CHORLEY WOOD. ]