There is nothing that’s new under the sun, Such a statement is truly sublime; Then boast not ideas, original one, When unknown are the annals of Time [Illustration: SUNDIAL, COOKHAM, BERKS. ] Go, live thy life, enjoy the day, Those happy hours that swiftly fly; Yet learn thou from each sunset ray To live, remembering all must die. [Illustration: SUNDIAL AT BALCARRES HOUSE, FIFESHIRE. ] Learn thou surely from the past, What thou to-day should’st be; Thus shall thine own records last, And others learn from thee. [Illustration: SUNDIAL AT GOLDER’S GREEN. ] Clouds that veil life’s sky give pain, Dull the vision, clog the hour; But all clouds condense in rain, And bring a blessing with the shower. [Illustration: SUNDIAL AT LEWANNICK, LANCASTER, ENGLAND. ] All things must die, ’Tis God’s behest; Then never sigh, He calls it rest. [Illustration: SUNDIAL, 20th CENTURY. ] That friends are rare All men agree; Yet I will swear I’m true to thee. [Illustration: SUNDIAL AT HAMPTON COURT, LONDON. ] Keep sorrow for to-morrow, Do not spoil to-day, For those who wait, it will abate, And soon fly fast away. [Illustration: SUNDIAL, 18th CENTURY. ] To those who would marry, Like day, do not tarry, For he hastes in his flight, To be wed with the night. [Illustration: SUNDIAL, EARLY 18th CENTURY. ] Read the riddle that I’ve found, Come, answer it to me, What is it travels o’er new ground, And old continually? [Illustration: SUNDIAL AT SOUTH PLACE, CALNE, WILTS. ] One rival only do I fear, Ignored e’en now by man, Nature, that tells the time of year, By many a varying plan. [Illustration: SUNDIAL, 17th CENTURY. ] If but the sun would always shine You’d have perpetual motion. The shadow on this dial mine, Would claim it like the ocean. [Illustration: SUNDIAL AT TIDESWELL, DERBYSHIRE. ] Let not your wrath outstay the sun, For He who fashioned everyone Has said that He will never be, A friend to those in enmity. [Illustration: