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A Book of Sundial Mottoes.
Compiled by Alfred H, Hyatt
LONDON : PHILIP WELLBY,
Covent Garden, W.C,
NEW YORK: SCOTT-THAW COMPANY,
542, Fifth A Venice.
MDCCCCIII.
The Garden Lover's Series, !!♦
A BOOK OF SUNDIAL MOTTOES,
A Book of Sundial Mottoes.
Compiled by Alfred H. Hyatt
LONDON: PHILIP WELLBY,
Covent Garden, W.C.
NEW YORK: SCOTT-THAW COMPANY,
542, Fifth Avenue.
MDCCCCIIL
SUNDIALS
By
A. M.
s[/:Xpi^LS.
cr^HE garden cloc\ of sunny climates is necessarily the companion of hours so beautiful that the mere name " Sundial " is dear to those who care for gardens^ for phrases^ for the sun^ and for the South. The best gardens are those which other ages made and " l^ept up^"" and which our own age — an unthrifty heir — has allowed to grow somewhat wild with random grass ^ and somewhat dry with sun. We ** enter into the labours "
iz
SUNDIALS. of our fathers ; not into the perfection which they pre- pared^ but into its gentle and more beautiful ruin and undoing. And w^ inherit something peculiarly theirs in the ancient garden — their usually austere sundial mottoes, zA modern man enjoys the bee-visited^ grass- grown, and fragrant paths that no gardener trims, though the man who made the paths would hardly approve them so; a modern man reads the warnings of a seventeenth-century sculptor^ letting its lesson go by.
The sundial of my own childhood faced a blue sea, across olive and oleander, and it bore an inscription which, translated, threatened the generations : '* Thou seest the hour, but kjiowest not the hour'' — " of thy death^' we supposed. In the twentieth century no ma%
SUNDIALS.
would engrave that thought above the terraces of such a heavenly garden. Other Italian "palaces had^ likewise ^ severe things written on their sunward faces^ or on their garden dials, 'But, sombre or genial , the sundial motto, devised according to the appropriate art, has the beauty of brevity and fulness. No wonder if to the precision of Latin grammar has been generally assigned the safe- guarding of the message of three or four words, long, slow J and complete with their burden of meaning.
There are tunes composed for bells, and as this brief music, so is this brief literature y restricted to the means and the opportunity, and full of vigour within those bonds. The phrase and the melody both hat>e their home on the happy Ligurian coast. For though sundials
SUNDIALS.
number the few serene hours of Northern gardens, they are most useful in the South and the sun, and because of their use they ta\e their place in the noble symbolic company standing by palace walls : the sundial for time^ the cypress for deathy wheat for life^ and the vine for joy.
TO EDWIN GREENE.
A BOOK OF SUrSFDIAL MOTTOES.
In compiling this Book of Mottoes, the translations in the majority of cases appear as given in the hooks consulted. These volumes, which represent a delightful branch of garden literature, range from John Wells' " Sciographia, or the Art of Shadowes'' {1635), to Mrs. Alice Morse Earle's recently published " Sundials and Roses of Yesterday ^
It will be seen that in many instances the English render- ings of the inscriptions are free and often fanciful.
A.H.H.
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
'T^HE following Sixty "Mottoes for Dials, with their
meaning in English," are from a curious and rare
old work, entitled " Mechanick Dialling : or, the
New Art of Shadows : freed from the many
Obscurities, Superfluities and Errors of Former Writers
upon this Subject . . , To which are added a choice
Collection of Mottos in Latin and English ... By Charles
Leadbetter. London, at the Black Swan, 1737."
A
LIIS . INSERVIENDO . CONSUMOR.
(my . LOSS . IS . YOUR . GAIN). 1
A BOOK OF
S
A,
RS . LONGA , VITA . BREVIS.
(l . DIE . TO-DAY . AND . LIVE . TO-MORROW).
A
VARITIA . HODIE . DOMINATUR.
(you . COVET . to-morrow).
^^ ^^ ^^
/\uT . C^SAR . AUT . NIHIL.
(l . SHINE . OR . shroud).
EE, . AND . BE . GONE . ABOUT . YOUR
BUSINESS.
c
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
JjULLA . EST . VITA . HUMANA. (life's . A . bubble).
ONSUME . NOT . THY . TIME . IN . IDLENESS.
i_yEUS . ADEST . LABORANTIBUS.
(heaven . FAVOURS . THE . DILIGENT).
D
ISCE . DIES . NUMERARE . TUOS.
(lEARN . TO . VALUE . YOUR . TIME);
3
A BOOK OF
LJiSCE . BENE . VIVERE . & . MORI.
(shine . AND . set).
LJlES . DIEM . TRUDIT.
(a . DAY . KICKS . ME . DOWN).
D
UM . SPECTAS . FUGIO.
(UNSIGHT, . UNSEEN).
En.
SUPRA . VITA . FUGAX . EN . INFRA . CERTA . MORS.
(a . LIFE . ON . flight's . SOON . OUT . OF . SIGHT).
4
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
£lx . HOC . MOMENTO . PENDET . ^TERNITAS.
(now . OR , never).
JL^ ESTINA . LENTE.
(mind . MY . movements),
\^ ORTUNA . URBES . AMPLISSIMAS . EVERTIT.
(no . exemption . from , MY . INFLUENCE).
Jr* UGIO . FUGE.
(be . GONE . ABOUT . YOUR . BUSINESS. I . STAY , FOR . NO . MAn).
A BOOK OF
H,
NC . VIVERE . DISCE. ILLINC . DISCE . MORI.
(rising . PORTENDS . SETTING).
H
H
OMO . QUASI . UMBRA.
(man . is . a . SHADE . OF . A . SHADOW).
ORA . FUGIT . RAPIDE . LBTHUMQ; . INVADIT . INERMES.
(the . HOURS . GLIDE . SWIFTLY, . AND . THE . UNGUARDED ARE . EASILY . SURPRIZED).
11 ORA . PARS . VVYJE,
(every . HOUR . SHORTENS . LIFE).
6
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
ItA . VITA.
(such . IS . life's . HALF . CIRCLE).
Labor . ipse . voluptas .
(my . PAIN . IS . YOUR . pleasure).
L^EX . DEI, . LUX . DIEI.
(the . LAW . OF . GOD . IS . THE . BROAD . DAY-LIGHT).
-Let . YOUR . LIGHT, so . SHINE . BEFORE . MEN . THAT . THEY . MAY . SEE . YOUR . GOOD . WORKS.
A BOOK OF
L^ENTE . SUSCIPE . CITO . PERFICE.
(set . OUT . AT . LEISURE, . PROCEED . WITH . HASTE).
iVioRA . TRAHIT . PERICULUM.
(delay . DRAGS . DANGER).
IN EMO . SINE . CRIMINE . VIVIT.
(the . BRIGHTEST . DAY . HAS . ITS . SHADES).
IN IL . DAT . QUOD . NON . HABET.
(out . OF . NOTHING . COMES . NOTHING).
8
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
IN ON . SEMPER . ERUNT . SATURNALIA.
(take . TIME ; BY . THE . FORELOCK).
IN ON . NOBIS . NATI . SUMUS.
(we . ARE . NOT . MADE . FOR . OURSELVES).
IN ON . SINE . LUMINE. (we . shine).
IN OSCE . TEIPSUM.
(look . INTO . THY . SELf).
9
A BOOK OF
IN ULLA . DIES . SINE . LINEAj
(every . DAY . HAS . ITS . BOUNDS).
vJmNEM . CREDE . DIEM . TIBI . DILUXISSE SUPREMUM.
(believe . EVERY . DAY . TO . BE . THY . LAST).
vJmNIA . FALCE . METIT . TEMPUS.
(the . SCYTHE . OF . TIME . CARRIES . A . KEEN . EDGE),
i EREUNT . & . IMPUTANTUR.
(the . HOURS . VANISH, . YET . ARE . ON . RECORD). 10
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
i AX . OPTIMA . RERUM.
(light . IS . THE . PARENT . OF . PEACE).
JL OST . VOLUPTATEM . MISERICORDIA.
(pleasure . IS . THE . PARENT . OF . PAIN ; . NIGHT . TREADS • UPON . THE . HEELS . OF . DAY).
V^UALIS . VITA, . FINIS . ITA.
(praise . A . FAIR . DAY . AT . NIGHT).
Q
UOD . TIBI . FIERI . NON . VIS, . ALTERI NE . FECERIS.
(do . NOT . RENDER . EVIL . FOR . GOOD). 11
Q
A BOOK OF
UA . REDIT . NESCITIS . HORAM,
(ye . KNOW . NOT . THE . HOUR).
^^^^^^^
Q
s
UID . CELERIUS . TEMPORE?
(what . IS . SWIFTER . THAN . TIME ?)
OlC . VITA. (life's . lot).
IG . TRANSIT . GLORIA . MUNDI.
(so . marches . THE . GOD . OF . DAY).
12
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
OiNE . LUMINE . INANE.
(darkness . PRECEDES . DAY).
Oic .
T
PRETERIT . .ETAS. (life . IS . winged).
EMPUS . AD . LUCEM . DUCIT . VERITATEM.
(time . BRINGS . TRUTH . TO . LIGHT).
1 EMPUS . OBIT, . MORS . VENIT.
(time . DIES, . DEATH . REIGNS).
13
A BOOK OF
1 EMPUS . FUGIT. (time . hastes).
1 EMPUS . VIT^ . MONITOR. (time . IS . life's . remembrancer).
1 ENERE . NON . POTES . NEC . PERDERE.
(you . CANNOT . KEEP . IT, . NOR . LOSE . IT).
Umbra . del
(the . WORKMANSHIP . OF . THE . GREAT . ARCHITECT).
14
V
SUNDIAL MOTTOES,
U T . UMBRA . SIC . VITA. (shade . IS . life's . pattern).
V ENIO . UT . SUR.
(l . STEAL . UPON . you).
IGILATE . & . ORATE, . TEMPUS . FUGIT.
(watch . AND . PRAY, . TIME . HASTES . AWAY).
V,..
VIT^. (life's . road). 15
A BOOK OF
V ITA . NOSTRA . EST . INSTAR . COMCEDI^.
(life . OFTEN . CHANGES . SCENES).
^^^2^9^^
V
ERITAS . TEMPORIS . FILIA.
(time . THE . FATHER . OF . TRUTH).
W ELCOME . CHAPMAN.
*0N A DIAL IN A MARKET PLACE.
^^ ^£Ff ^2^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^r^ ^r^
16
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
L
ET . OTHERS . TELL . OF . STORMS . AND SHOWERS, I'LL . ONLY . COUNT . YOUR . SUNNY . HOURS.
(the motto chosen by queen ALEXANDRA FOR THE SUNDIAL AT SANDRINGHAM).
17
A BOOK OF
Uh
ITED . IN . TIME, . PARTED . IN . TIME, TO . BE . REUNITED, . WHEN . TIME . SHALL . BE NO . MORE.
(in the king's garden, holyrood, on the dial presented
BY CHARLES I. TO QUEEN HENRIETTA MARIA).
l\s . TLME . AND . HOURES . PASSETH
AWAYE. SO . DOETH . THE . LIFE . OF . MAN . DECAYE, AS . TIME . CAN . BE . REDEExMED . WITH . NO
COST, BESTOW . IT . WELL . AND . LET . NO . HOURE
BE . LOST.
(on a ring dial).
1 RANSEUNT . DIES . TUI.
(thy . DAYS . ARE . PASSING). 18
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
T,
O . NO . ONE . IS . GIVEN , RIGHT . OF
DELAY, NOTED . IN . HEAVEN . PASSETH . EACH . DAY; BE . THOU . NOT . FRUITLESS, . V^ORK . WHILE
YE . MAY, TRIFLING . WERE . BOOTLESS, . WATCH . THOU
AND . PRAY.
^^^^^^t2r^
T
HESE . SHADES . SO . FLEET FROM . DAY . TO . DAY. AND . SO . THIS . LIFE PASSETH . AVVAIE.
V
T . HORA . PRAETERITA . SIC . FUGIT . VITA.
(as . THE . HOUR . THAT . IS . PAST, . SO . LIFE . FLIES). 19
A BOOK OF
/tlS . SHADOWE . SO . MAN . SPEEDETH,
1 IME . TIDE DOTH . WAIST THEREFORE MAKE . HASTE WE . SHALL.
1 OU .
U T . HORA . FUGIT . VITA.
(as . AN .'HOUR . LIFE . FLIBS).
MAY . WASTE . BUT . CANNOT . STOP
ME.
(on an old church at tunbridge wells). 20
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
/Vs . THE . SUNE . RUNS . SO . DEATH COMES.
9^^f2^^2^
A,
.8 . TIME . AND . HOURS . PASSETH . AWAY SO . DOUTH . THE . LIFE . OP . MAN . DECAY.
J^t^jF'
T
RANSEUNT . ET . IMPUTANTUR.
(they . PASS . AND . ARE . RECKONED).
B
RIGHT . SOL . AND . LUNA . TIME . AND TIDE . DOTH . HOLD.
21
B
A BOOK OF
ON . JOUR— BON . SOIR.
^5^ ^5^4^^
A.
.S . THESE . HOURS . DOTH . PASS . AWAY, SO . DOTH . THE . LIFE . OF . MEN . DECAY. MEMENTO . MORI.
A.
DAY . MAY . RUIN . THEE. THIS . HOUR.
A.D. . MDCCXXXII.
. IMPROVE
1 HE . HOUR . NOW . SHOWN . PERHAPS MAY . BE . THY . LAST, REPENT . AND . PRAY . BEFORE . THAT . HOUR BE . PAST.
22
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
i HIS . FOURFOLD . INDEX . OF . SWIFT TIME
ON . WHICH . YE . SHADOW . VEERETH ROUND,
SHOULD . MAN . EXCITE . TO . THEMES . SUB- LIME.
SINCE . NOUT . BUT . SHADOWS . HERE . ARE FOUND.
OeHOLD . NOW . IS . THE . ACCEPTED
TIME.— (2 . Cor. . vi. . 2). SEEK . YE . THE . LORD . WHILE . HE . MAY
BE . FOUND.— (IsA. . Lv. . 6).
V IRTUE . JOIN . PRECIOUS . TIME.
HUS . ETERNITY . APPROACHETH. 23
T
A
A BOOK OF
V^ERTA . RATIO.
(a . SURE . reckoning).
SPICE . IN . HORAM, . ET . MEMENTO . MORI.
(look . ON . THE . HOUR . AND . REMEMBER . DEATH).
T
f2r^^^^^^
RIFLE . NOT, . YOUR . TIME'S . SHORT.
T
IME . CAN . DO . MUCH. 24
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
/\eTAS . RAPIET . DIEM.
(time . WILL . HURRY . THE . DAY . AWAY).
t^t^t^
Vbr.
T
NON . SEMPER . VIRIT.
(spring . IS . NOT . ALWAYS . GREEN).
IME . IS . MORE . SACRED . THAN . GOLD. /\eTAS . CITO . PEDE . PRAETERIT.
(age . PASSES . WITH . SWIFT . FOOT).
25
T
A BOOK OF
HUS . THE . GLORY . OF . THE . WORLD PASSES . AWAY.
T,
^•'^*'^*'
IME . AS . THE . DIAL . TO . THE . SUN. ALTHOUGH . IT . BE . NOT . SHONE . UPON.
D
9^^^^ ^^
UM , LOQUIMUR . FUGERIT . INVIDA . ^TAS, CARPE . DIEM , OUAM . ININIME . CREDULA POSTERO.
(while . SPEAKING . SO . ENVIOUS . TIME . HAS . FLOWN, SEIZE . TO-DAY, . LITTLE . TRUST . THE . MORROW).
S
UB . SOLE . VANITAS.
UNDER . THE . SUN . VANITY).
26
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
X OST . TENEBRAS . SPERO . LUCEM.
(after . DARKNESS . HOPE . FOR . LIGHT).
L'HEURE . PASSE, . L'AMITIE . RESTE.
(the . HOUR . PASSES, . FRIENDSHIP , STAYS).
>^'EST . L'HEURE . DE . BIEN . FAIRE.
(this . IS . THY . FORTUNATE . HOUR).
Mia.
VITA . E . IL . SOLE: . DELI/UM . LA VITA . E . DIO. SENZA . ESSO . E . L'UM, . QUAL . SENZA . SOL SON' . 10.
(monastery NEAR FLORENCE).
27
A BOOK OF
OILENS . LOQUOR.
(though . SILENT, . I . SPEAK).
iVilCAT . IN . TENEBRIS ; LUX . JUSTORUM.
(unto . the . upright . there . ariseth . light . in . the darkness),
OiNE . SOLE . SILEO.
(without . SUN . I . KEEP . SILENCe).
1 HE . HOUR . THOU . READEST . NOW . ON
ME. WILL . NEVER . MORE . BE . OFFERED . THEE; IF . THOU . TAK'ST . HEED . WISE . THOU
WILT . BE.
28
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
To.
MORROW'S . HOURS . MAY . BE . LESS FORTUNATE.
^^^^^^^^
u
I
T . FILII . LUCIS . INCEDITE.
(walk . AS . CHILDREN . OF . LIGHT).
OINE . UMBRA . NIHIL.
(without . SHADOW . NOTHING).
SEEK . MY . LIGHT . FROM . GOD. 29
A BOOK OF
O
H . EARLY . PASSENGER, . LOOK . UP, . BE WISE, AND . THINK . HOW . NIGHT . AND . DAY . TIME EVER . FLIES.
f^^f^^t^^
T
IME'S . A . HAND'S . BREADTH'; . 'TIS .^ A TALE ; 'TIS . A . VESSEL . UNDER . SAIL; 'TIS . AN . EAGLE , IN . ITS . WAY, DARTING . DOWN . UPON . ITS . PREY; 'TIS . AN . ARROW . IN . ITS . FLIGHT, MOCKING . THE . PURSUING . SIGHT.
OOL . DEUS . VISIBILIS DEUS . SOL . INVISIBILIS.
(the . SUN . IS . THY . VISIBLE . GOD, GOD . THE . INVISIBLE . SUN).
30
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
In . LUCE . TUA . FRUAMUR . LUCE.
(in . THY . LIGHT . SHALL . WE . SEE . LIGHT).
I'll . LIVE . TO-MORROW, . YOU . DELAYING
CRY, IN . WHAT . FAR . COUNTRY . DOES . TO-MORROW
LIE?
i HE . LEARNED . LINE . SHOWETH . THE CITY'S • HOUR.
(on a sundial in Milan).
Lux . HUJUS . SOLIS . VOBIS . INDICABIT HORUM.
(this . sun's . LIGHT . WILL . SHOW . THE . HOUR).
31
A BOOK OF
vJlD . FATHER . TIME . STANDS . STILL . FOR
NONE; THIS . MOMENT . HERE, . THE . NEXT . HE'S
GONE; AND . THOUGH . YOU . SPEAK . HIM . NE'ER
SO . KIND, HE . NEVER . LAGS . ONE . STEP . BEHIND; IF, . THEN, . WITH . TIME . YOU'D . FORWARD
BE, YOU . E'EN . MUST . RUN . AS . FAST . AS . HE.
i HE .
DAY . IS . THINE.
u
NAM . TIME.
(fear . ONE . hour).
32
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
U
NA . HARUM . VIT^ . HORARUM ERIT ULTIMA;
A
T
BSQUE . SOLE, . ABSQUE . USU.
(without . SUN, . WITHOUT . USE).
IME . WASTED . IS . EXISTENCE, . USED IS . LIFE.
HAT . SOLAR . SHADOW, . AS . IT . MEASURES LIFE, IT . LIFE . RESEMBLES . TOO.
33 D
A BOOK OF
As. A.
A
SHADOW . SUCH . IS . LIFE.
^^^t^^t^^
u
LTIMA . DECIDET.
(the . LAST . decides).
(at ventlmiglia).
SPAN . IS . ALL . THAT . WE . CAN BOAST, AN . INCH . OR ; SO . OF . TIME: MAN . IS . BUT . VANITY . AND . DUST IN . ALL . HIS , FLOWER . AND . PRIME.
34
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
£)E . THANKFUL, . WATCH, ; PE?AY, . WORK.
/VsPICE . ME.
(look . UPON . me).
/Vs . THE . SHADE . IS, . SO . IS . LIFE.
^^^^^^
A.
LUMINE . MOTUS,
(moved . BY . light).
35
A BOOK OF
S
HADOW . AND . SUN— SO . TOO . OUR . LIVES ARE . MADE— YET . THINK . HOW . GREAT . THE . SUN, HOW . SMALL . THE . SHADE.
IvIeN . DO . BLAME . TIME, . WHILE . IT
THEY . SPEND UNTO . NO . PURPOSE, . OR . TO . A . BAD . END.
1 HERE . IS . A . SEASON . FOR . EVERYTHING. OOL . TEMPORA . DIVEDIT . /EVI.
(the . SUN . DIVIDES . THE . SEASONS . OF . TIME).
36
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
/tLSPICE . ET . ABI.
(gaze . AND . PASS . ON).
%^^9^^^^^
T,
IME'S . GLASS . AND . SCYTHE THY . LIFE . AND . DEATH . DECLARE. SPEND . WELL . THY . TIME AND . FOR . THY . DEATH . PREPARE.
T
HE . GAY . WHO . WOULD . BE . COUNTED
WISE, THINK . ALL . DELIGHT . IN . PASTIME . LIES.— NOR . HEED . THEY . WHAT . THE . WISE
CONDEMN, WHILST . THEY . PASS . TIME, . TIME . PASSES
THEM.
37
A BOOK OF
OENZA . PALAR . DA . TUTTI . SON . INTESO. SENZA . PALESO . FAR . RUMOR . L'ORA.
(without . SPEAKING , I . AM . UNDERSTOOD . BY . ALL. WITHOUT . A . NOISE . I . REVEAL . THE . HOUR).
It.
IS ; LATER . THAN . YOU /THINK.
ft^^^^e^*
R,
EAD . ON . THIS . DIAL . HOW . THE
SHADOWS . DEVOUR MY . SHORT-LIVED . WINTER'S . DAY. . HOUR
EATS . UP . HOUR ALAS I . THE . TOTAL'S . BUT . FROM . EIGHT
TO . FOUR.
38
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
V OS . ESTIS . LUX . MUNDI.
(ye . ARE . THE . LIGHT . OF . THE . WORLD).
M
^r^l^^t^^
AKE . THE . PASSING . SHADOW . SERVE THY . WILL.
f^^t^r^^^^
T,
HOU . BY . THE . DIAL'S . SHADY . STEALTH MAYST . KNOW TIME'S . THIEVISH . PROGRESS . TO . ETER- NITY.
(Shakespeare's sonnet lxxvii.)
39
A BOOK OF
OENZA . L'UMBRA . NON . DILETTO, E . PUR . L'UMBRA . E : MIO . DIFETTO.
(without . A . SHADOW . I . PLEASE . NOT, AND . YET . A . SHADOW . IS . MY . DEFECT).
I
N . HIS . OWN . IMAGE . THE . CREATOR
MADE, HIS . OWN . PURE . SUNBEAM . QUICKENED
THEE— O . MAN ! THOU . BREATHING . DIAL! . SINCE . THY
NAME . BEGAN THE . PRESENT . HOUR . WAS . EVER . MARKED
BY . SHADE.
I
NOTE . THE . TIME . THAT . YOU . WASTE. 40
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
VV HEN . THOU . DOST . LOOK . UPON , MY FACE, TO . LEARN . THE . TIME . OF . DAY, THINK . HOW . MY . SHADOW . KEEPS . ITS PACE, AS . THY . LIFE . FLIES . AWAY. TAKE, . MORTAL, . THIS . ADVICE . FROM . ME
AND . SO . RESOLVE . TO . SPEND THY . LIFE . ON . EARTH, . THAT . HEAVEN
SHALL . BE THY . HOME, . WHEN . TIME . SHALL . END,
(in county KERRY, IRELAND).
OW . IS . YESTERDAY'S . TO-MORROW.
N
W„i
ILST . PHCEBUS . ON . ME . SHINES, THEN . VIEW . MY . SHADE . AND LINES.
41
L
A BOOK OF
IFE'S . BUT . A . SHADOW MAN'S . BUT . DUST; ThIs . DIALL . SAYS DY . ALL . WE . MUST.
I
O . VADE . E . VENGO . OGNI . GIORNO MA . TU . ANDRAI . SENZA . RITORNO,
(l . GO . AND . COME . EVERY . DAY,
BUT . THOU . SHALT . GO . WITHOUT . RETURNING).
(in a RIVIERA garden).
L.
CCELO . OUIES.
(in . HEAVEN . IS . REST). 42
T
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
V^UI . LABORAT . ORAT.
(who . WORKS . prays), (in LAYLAND churchyard, LANCASHIRE).
RANSIT . UMBRA, . LUX . PERMANET.
(shadow . PASSES . LIGHT . STAYS).
J\ . MOMENT— MARK . HOW . SMALL . A
SPACE THE . DIAL . SHOWS . UPON . THE . FACE; YET . WASTE . BUT . ONE— AND . YOU . SEE OF . HOW . GREAT . MOMENT . IT . CAN . BE.
(at oxford on a DIAL BEARING THE ARMS OF THE EARL OF WHARTON, 1691 — 1702).
43
A BOOK OF
VV HAT . THOU . SEEKEST . IS . A . SHADOW.
Jr EREUNT . ET . IMPUTANTUR.
(they . PASS . AND . ARE . RECKONED).
1 . STAND . ON . EARTH.
T
EMPORA . LABUNTUR . Q\3JE . NOBIS PEREUNT . ET . IMPUTANTUR.
(time . GLIDES . BY, , WHICH . PERISHES . FOR . US . AND . IS
reckoned).
(at adlington).
44
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
M
ARK . THE . MOMENTS . TROD . FOR GOOD . OR . ILL.
(on WARWICK priory).
OE.il. sole : SI . VEDE NESSUN . MI . CREDE.
(if i THE . SUN . SHINES . NOT NONE . WILL . BELIEVE . IN . ME).
Sb.
NON . RILUCE . IL . SOLE, . NESSUM MIA . GUARDA.
(if . NO . SUN . SHINES, . NO . ONE . LOOKS . AT . ME).
.EDEEM . YE . TIME. 45
R,
A BOOK OF
A
I
FTER . DARKNESS, . THE . LIGHT. OlCUT . UMBRA.
(as . A . shadow).
'M . GOING . WHERE . TIME . FOLLOWS NOT— WHERE . IS . ETERNITY.
^^^f^^^^^
V,
IVERE . DISCE. COGITA . MORI.
(lEARx^ . HOW . TO . LIVE THINK . HOW . TO . DIE).
46
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
OlC . VITA . TRANSIT.
(so . PASSES . life).
^IC . FORTUNA . VOLUTAT.
(so . FORTUNE . TURNETH).
W
^*'e^*'«^*
E . MAY . NOT . STAY.
e^^e^^'e^^
1 HE . SILENT . SHADOW . SPEAKSe DOST , THOU . HEED?
47
A BOOK OF
OOLAREM . SIGNAT . LINEA . PICTA . VIAM.
(the . PAINTED . LINE . MARKS . THE . SUN's . PATH),
V IVITE, . AIT, . FUGIO.
(" LIVE . YE " . IT . SAYS : . " I . FLY ").
S
INGE . EVERY . ONE . HATH, . EVERY . ONE, ONE . SHADE, AND . YOU, . BUT . ONE, . CAN . EVERY SHADOW . LEND.
(Shakespeare's sonnet liii.)
i IME . IS . THE . MONITOR . OF . LIFE.
48
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
<^\ . SOL . DEFICIET . NEMO . NE . ASPICIET.
(if . THE . SUN . PAILS, . NO . ONE . WILL . LOOK . ON . HB).
JlLhEU . FUGACES . LABUNTUR . ANNl.
— Horace.
(so . THE . FLEETING . YEARS . GO . BY).
^^^$^F^^^^
V,
IVENS . MORTALIS.
(he . THAT . LIVES . IS . MORTAL).
/\llez . vous.
(pass . on). 49
I
A BOOK OF
TER . ENIM . JUSTORUM . SIMILE . EST . LUCI SPLENDID^, . PERGENTI . LUCERE: ADEO . UT . CORUM . QUISQUE . SIT STABILIS . DIE.
(the . PATH . OF . THE . JUST . IS . AS . THE . SHINING
LIGHT, . THAT . SHINETH . MORE . AND . MORE . UNTO . THE
PERFECT . day).
OHADOW . AND . SHINE . IS . LIFE.
(tENNYSON's " GRANDMOTHER ").
L^IFE . IS . A . VAIN . SHADOW.
S
HORT . THE . DAY . AND . GREAT . THE WORK.
50
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
OeE . THE . LITTLE . DAY-STAR . MOVING LIFE . AND . TIME . ARE . WORTH . IMPROVING SEIZE . THE . MOMENTS, . WHILE . THEY STAY: SEIZE . AND . USE . THEM LEST . YOU . LOSE . THEM AND . LAMENT . THE . WASTED . DAY.
^£^^^2^^^^
A,
MENDE . TO-DAY . AND . SLACK . NOT, DETHE . COMETH . AND . WARNETH . NOT, TYME . PASSETH . AND . SPEKETH . NOT.
^^^t^^f^^
n
T . VITA . FINIS . ITA.
(as . LIFE . IS . SO . IS . ITS . END). (on the tower of CHELSEA OLD CHURCH).
51
A BOOK OF
JJEGONE . ABOUT . YOUR . BUSINESS.
1 IME . WAS, . IS . PAST; . THOU . CANST
NOT . IT . RECALL: TIME . IS, . THOU . HAST; . EMPLOY . THE
PORTION . SMALL: TIME . FUTURE . IS . NOT; . AND . MAY . NEVER
BE: TIME . PRESENT . IS . THE . ONLY . TIME . FOR
THEE.
w
ATCH . AND . PRAY. JlVESPICITIE, . NON . MIHI . SOLE . LABORAVI.
(mark . YE, . NOT , FOR . MYSELF . OXLY . HAVE . I . TOILED).
52
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
1 IME . FLIES. . LINES . RISE . AND SHADOWS . FALL. LET . IT . PASS . BY. LOVE . REIGNS . FOR . EVER . OVER . ALL.
i . WAKEN . WITH . THE , RISING . SUN, AND . SLEEP . WHEN . HIS . LONG . COURSE . IS RUN.
J\ . CLOCK . THE . TIME . MAY . WRONGLY TELL;
i, . never, . if . the . sun . shines . well.
Shadows . 'are . we . and . like shadows . depart.
53
D
A BOOK OF
vJmNIA . PERT . ^TAS.
(time . BRINGS . ALL . THINGS).
AMNOSA . QUID . NON . IMMINUIT . DIES?
(what . IS . THERE . WASTING . TIME . DOES . NOT . IMPAIR ?)
— From Horace,
(on A SUNDIAL IN A VENETIAN GARDEN).
T
^^W^^W^^V
HE . UTMOST . FOR . THE . HIGHEST.
(the motto on the SUNDIAL BELONGING TO G. F. WATTS, R.A., AT HIS RESIDENCE, LIMNERSLEASE, COHPTON).
Live . to-day.
54
T
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
HY . DIAL . . . WILL . SHOW . HOW . THY PRECIOUS . MINUTES . WASTE.
(Shakespeare's sonnet lxxvii.)
V,
ADAM . ET . REVERTAR.
(l , SHALL . GO . AND . RETURN).
Induce . animum . sapientem.
(take . TO . THYSELF . A . WISE . WORD).
OOL . REGIT . OMNIA.
(the . SUN . RULES . ALL).
55
A BOOK OF
L
EARN . TO . VALUE . YOUR . TIME.
J\ ONE . CAN . CALL . AGAIN . THE . PASSED
TIME;
OHINING . SPOT . FOR . EVER . SHINING BRIGHTEST . HOURS . HAVE . NO . ABIDING. USE . THY . GOLDEN . MOMENTS . WELL.
LIFE . IS . WASTING
DEATH . IS . HASTING. DEATH . CONSIGNS . TO . HEAVEN . OR . HELL.
V IVE . MEMOR . LETHl, . FUGIT . HORA-
(live . REMEMBERING . DEATH, . THE . HOUR . FUBS). 56
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
OOL . GLORIA . MUNDI.
(the . SUN . IS . THE . WORLD'S . GLORY).
InIMICUM . TIBI? . QUARE . FACIEM . TUAM ABSCONDAS, . ET . REPUTES . ME.
(wherefore . HIDEST . THOD . THY . FACE . AND . BOLDEST ME . THINE . ENEMY ?)
^^W^^W^^V
V ENI, .
VIDE, . VALE.
(comb, . SEE, . farewell).
VERY . DAY . BRINGS . LIFE . NEARER. 57
A BOOK OF
W HAT . IS . YOUR . SUBSTANCE, . WHEREOF
ARE . YOU . MADE, THAT . MILLIONS . OF . STRANGE . SHADOWS ON . YOU . TEND?
|
(Shakespeare's . sonnet . liii). |
|
|
OlC |
^e^^ |
|
. LABITUR . AETAS. |
|
|
(thus |
; . slips . LIFE . away). |
|
OUB . |
^J^J' |
|
UMBRA . QUIESCUNT. |
|
|
(under |
. SHADOW . THEY . REST). |
|
OUB |
^e^jifc |
|
. LUCE . GAUDENT. |
(under . LIGHT . THEY . REJOICE),
58
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
U
V.
o
T . FiLII . LUCIS . INCEDITE.
(walk . AS . CHILDREN . OF . LIGHT).
OLAT . TEMPUS. (time . turns).
MNES . VOS . FILII . LUCIS . ESTIS, . AC PILII . DIEI: . NON . SUMUS . FILII NOCTIS, . NEQUE ; TENEBRARUM,
(ye . ARE . ALL • THE . CHILDREN ' OF ; LIGHT, . AND . THE
CHILDREN . OF . THE . DAY ; . WE . ARE . NOT . OF . THE
NIGHT, . NOR . THE . DARKNESS).
I
USTUM . ET . .EQUUN.
(just . AND . fair).
59
A BOOK OF
R
ETAIN . YOUR . LOYALTY, . PRESERVE YOUR . RIGHTS.
JUlES . AD . DIEM . EURETAT . SERMONEM.
(day . UNTO . DAY . UTTERETH . SPEECH).
OAPIENTIS . EST . NUMERARE.
(it . IS . THE . WISE . WHO . NUMBER).
W ELL . ARRANGED . TIME . IS . THE SUREST . SIGN . OF . A . WELL ARRANGED . MIND.
60
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
Jll/RIT . NOMEN . EJUS . IN . SECULUM, DURANTE . SOLE.
(his . NAME . SHALL . ENDURE . FOR . EVER, . HIS . NAME SHALL . BE . CONTINUED . AS . LONG . AS . THE . SUN).
V^'EST . L'HEURE . DE . BOIRE.
(this . IS . THE . HOUR . FOR , DRINKING). (on an INN AT LILBOURNE).
I\.W . WHAT . IS . HUMAN . LIFE!
HOW . LIKE . THE . DIAL'S . TARDY . MOVING
SHADE: DAY . AFTER . DAY . GLIDES . BY . US
UNPERCEIVED, YET . SOON . MAN'S , LIFE . IS . UP . ANDJ. WE
ARE . GONE.
61
A BOOK OF
D
D
EUS . ADEST . LABORANTIBUS.
(god . STANDS . BY . THE . WORKER).
Loose . no . time.
lALL (loq.) STAIE, . PASSINGER
TELL . ME . MY . NAME, THY . NATVRE.
THY . NAME . IS . DIE ALL. I . AM . A . MORTALL CREATVRE.
SINCE . MY . NAME AND . THY . NATVRE
SO . AGREE, THINK . ON . THY . SELFE WHEN . THOU . LOOKST
VPON . ME.
PASS, (resp.)
DIALL (loq.)
62
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
In . VIIS . TUIS . RESPLENDEBIT . LUX.
(the . LIGHT . SHALL . SHINE . UPON . THY . WAYS).
WlD . TIME . IS . STILL . A-FLYING.
— Herrick,
A
NNON . PAULISPER . DIEBUS . MEIS CESSABIT?
(are . NOT . MY . DAYS . FEW ?)
i EMPUS . ACCEPTUM.
(now . IS . THE . ACCEPTED . TIME).
63
A BOOK OF
U
TERE . NON . NUMERA.
(employ . THEM, . COUNT . THEM . NOT).
V IVl . BREV'ORE, . INDI . A . SERRAR . VAI GLI . OCCHI.
(live . YOUR . BRIEF . HOUR . THEN . FOR , EVER . CLOSE YOUR . eyes).
JILt ; IPSE . MUTAT . TEMPORA . ET TEMPESTATES.
(he . CHANGETH . the . TIMES . AND . THE . SEASONS).
VV AIT . NOT . FOR . TO-MORROW. 64
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
VyMNIBUS . LUCET.
(the . LIGHT . SHINES . FOR . ALL).
O
NLY . AS . I . ABIDE . IN . THE . LIGHT OF . HEAVEN DO . I . FULFIL . THE . WILL . OP . MY . MAKER.
T
HE . SHADOW • OF . THE . ETERNAL.
I
N . HORA . NULLA . MORA.
(in . THE . HOUR . IS . NO . DELAY). 65
w
A BOOK OF
In . GOD'S . GOOD . TIME.
VyPPOSTO . DI . ME— PENSI . DI . TE.
(think . NOT . OF . ME
THINK . OF . thyself).
JUlSCE . DIES . NUMERARE . TUOS.
(learn . TO . NUMBER . THY . DAYS).
ITH . MY . SHADOW . MOVES . THE WORLD.
66
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
Y,
ESTERDAY'S . GONE, . TO-DAY . IS . HERE, TO-MORROW . NEVER . MAY . APPEAR.
o
UR . LIFE'S . A . FLYING . SHADOW, . GOD'S THE . POLE, DEATH . THE . HORIZON, . WHERE . OUR SUN . IS . SET; THE . INDEX, . POINTING . AT . HIM, . IS . OUR SOUL, AND . WILL ; THROUGH . CHRIST . A RESURRECTION . GET.
(milton church, berks.)
1 HEY . (THE . HOURS) . PERISH . AND . ARE NOT . THOUGHT . OF.
67
A BOOK OF
JL ER . 1 . FELICI . ED . I . TRISTI . SEGNO UGUALMENTE . LE . ORE.
(for . THE . HAPPY . AND . THE . SAD . I . MARK . THE . HOURS
alike). IN IL . SINE . NOBIS.
(nothing . exists . WITHOUT . US).
A:
.S . SILENT . I . STAND . MID . Y^ . FLOWERS I . RECKON . ALL . YE . PASSING . HOURS, GAZER, . WHO . LOOKEST . ON . ME . NOW, THE . HOURS . OF . LIFE . DOST . RECKON THOU?
T
HE . HOURS . FLY . FAST . ON . WINGS . OF LIGHT.
68
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
N.
OISELESS . FALLS . THE . FOOT . OF . TIME WHICH . ONLY . TREADS . ON . FLOWERS.
INI ON . REDIBO.
(l . SHALL . NOT . RETURN).
IJE . W^ATCHFUL . THOU, . TIME . POSTS
AWAY . AMAIN, NOR . CAN . THE . HOUR . THAT'S . PAST
RETURN . AGAIN.
^^^^^^
N
ON . TARDUM . OPPERIOR.
(not . FOR . THE . SLOW . DO . I . TARRY).
69
A BOOK OF
N
OS . EXIGUUM . TEMPUS . HABEMUS, . SED MULTUM . PERDIMUS.
(a . LITTLE . TIME . HAVE . WE, . BUT . WASTE . MUCH).
N
N
OW . OR . WHEN ?
(BEVERLEY MINSTER).
LrUX . TUA . VITA . MEA.
(thy . LIGHT . MY . LIFE).
OTHING , IS . TRUE . BUT . THE . LIGHT. 70
SUNDIAL MOTTOES,
IVIaNEO . NEMINI.
(l . WAIT . FOR . none).
VV HEN . THOU . DOST . GAZE . UPON . MY
FACE THINK . THEN . OF . TIME, . HOW . SWIFT
HIS . PACE, AND . THAT. WITH . EVERY . MOMENT . FLOWN THY . OPPORTUNITY . IS . GONE.
iVl EMOR . ESTO . BREVIS . AEVI.
(remember . HOW . BRIEF . IS . LIFE).
M
ISSPEND . NO . TIME. 71
A BOOK OF
T
HE . SHADOW . FLIES . AND . IT . IS . SEEN NO . MORE.
^^r^t^r^^^^
Mv.
HOURES . ARE . MADE . OF . SUN AND . SHADE TAKE . HEDE . OF . WHAT . YOUR . HOURES BE . MADE.
^^'^T^^*
L
L
IFE . AS . THIS . SHADE DOTH . FLY . AND . FADE.
IFE . IS . SHORT, . TIME . IS . SWIFT, . MUCH IS . TO . BE , DONE.
72
SUNDIAL MOTTOES,
JLuCEM . DEMONSTRAT . UMBRA. (light . SHOWS . shadow).
L/UX . DIEI, . LEX . DEI.
(the . LIGHT . OF . DAY, . THE . LAW . OF . GOD).
1 HE . CARELESS . LOOK . AND . DO . NOT
HEED, THE . WISE . TAKE . NOTE . AS . ME . THEY READ :
TEMPUS . FUGIT.
Lux . ET . UMBRA . VICISSIM . SED . SEMPER AMOR.
(light . AND . SHADOW . BY . TURNS . BUT . ALWAYS . LOVE).
73
A BOOK OF
OO . GLIDES . THE . HOURS, . SO . WEARS
THE . DAY, THESE . MOMENTS . MEASURE . LIFE . AWAY. WITH . ALL . ITS . TRAINS . OF . HOPE . AND
FEAR; TILL . SHIFTING . SCENES . OF . SHADE . AND
LIGHT
RISE . TO . THE . ETERNAL . DAY, . OR . SINK
IN . ENDLESS . NIGHT.
—Dr. Watts.
/Vs . TYME . DOTH . HASTE SO . LIFE . DOTH . WASTE.
o
^^ ^^^ f^^
UR . DAYS . DECLINE . LIKE . A . SHADOW.
vJuR . TIME'S . AT . HAND. 74
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
i . SHINE . NOT . FOR . ONE . BUT . FOR . ALL.
IVi UNDI . OCULUS.
(the . EYE . OF . THE . WORLD).
O
MNIA . SUNT . HOMINUM . PENDENTIA FILO.
(all . THE . THINGS . OF . MAN . HANG . UPON . A . THREAD),
i HE . SHADOWES . FLOWN; . RETURN . NO MORE.
75
A BOOK OF
JlLsT . MORA.
(it . IS . THE . hour).
WRA . NE . TE . ULTIME . FALLAT.
(pray . LEST . THE . LAST . HOUR . COME . UNAWARES).
VERBIS . ET . UMBRA.
(a . CIRCLE . AND . A . SHADOW).
vJrIENS . SOL . ADORNATUR.
(the . RISING . SUN . IS . ADORNED). 76
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
IN OW . MAYEST . THOU . LEARN . FROM . THE PAST.
WBSERVE . HOW . FAST . TIME . HURRIES
PAST, THEN . USE . EACH . HOUR, . WHILE . IN
YOUR . POWER FOR . COMES . THE . SUN, . BUT . TIME . FLIES
ON, PROCEEDING . EVER . RETURNING , NEVER.
vJf . SHADE . AND . SUNSHINE . FOR . EACH HOUR
SEE . HERB . A . MEASURE . MADE: THEN . WONDER . NOT . IF . LIFE . CONSIST
OF . SUNSHINE . AND . OF . SHADE.
77
A BOOK OF
/VuT . DISCE, . AUT . DISCED.
(either . LEARN . OR . GO).
1 HE . SUN . ON . ME . DOTH . SHADOW THROW, WHAT . SHALL . THIS . DAY . THY . MORROW SHOW?
/VfFLICTIS . LENTAE.
(time . IS . SLOW . TO . THE . SORROWFUL).
Le . TEMPS . PASSE, . L'AMITIE . RESTE.
(time . PASSES, . FRIENDSHIP . STAYS).
78
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
VjrOD . GIVETH . ALL.
VjriVE . GOD . THY . HEART, . THY . HOPES, THY . SERVICE, . AND . THY . GOLD.
THE . DAY . WEARS . ON, . AND . TIME . IS WAXING . OLD.
vJpPORTUNITY . HAS . LOCKS . IN . FRONT AND . IS . BALD . BEHIND.
t^"<^*4^*
D
IBS . SERENUS. SERENUS . SIT . ANIMUS.
(thy . DAYS . BE . BRIGHT. BRIGHT . BE . THY . SPIRIT).
79
A BOOK OF
LJeUS . EST . LUMEN . LUxMINIS.
(god . IS . THE . LIGHT . OF . LIGHT).
I
^^^^^^^^
. WISH . THE . SUN . WOULD . SHINE . ON ALL . MEN'S . FRUITS . AND . FLOWERS AS . WELL . AS ; MINE.
(in the garden of belcarres, fife).
^^^f^^f^^
I
. GIVE . MEN . WARNING . HOW . THE HOURS . FLY, FOR . MEN . ARE . SHADOWS . AND . A SHADOW . I.
80
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
M
Y . HOURS . ARE . SUMMED . IN . SHINE AND . SHADE; OF . JOY . AND . SADNESS . MAN'S . ARE MADE.
^^^^^r^t^r^
H
OW . LONG . IS . TIME? . ASK . THOU . OF ME; HOW . FLEET . IS . TIME? . I . ASK . OF THEE.
H
f^^f2^f^^
ORA, . DIES, . ET , VITA . FUGUINT; MANET . UNICA . VIRTUS.
(the . HOUR, . DAY, . AND . LIFE . ALL . FLY, . ONLY . VIRTUE
remains).
81 o
A BOOK OF
>^OMNO . SUGERE.
(awake . FROM . sleep).
T
HIS . IS . YOUR . HOUR, . ACCEPT . IT.
il E . THAT . WOULD . THRIVE . MUST . RISE
AT . FIVE. HE . THAT . HATH . THRIVEN . MUST . STAY
TILL . SEVEN, HE . THAT . WILL . NEVER . THRIVE, . MAY . LIE
TILL . ELEVEN.
i . HAVE . NO . VOICE . AND . YET . I . SPEAK, TAKE . HEED . WHEN . YOU . THE . TIME . DO SEEK.
82
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
I 'AVANCE.
(l . PASS . along).
Irrevocabile.
(never . to . be , recalled).
I
MPROVE . THE . PRESENT . HOUR, . FOR ALL . BESIDE IS . A . MERE . FEATHER . ON . A . TORRENT'S TIDE.
IcH . DIEN.
(i . serve). 83
A BOOK OF
V-^OUNT . THE . HOURS . AS . ONE . BY . ONE THEY . FLY.
1 >1 OR . DO . I . BEG . THIS . SLENDER NICHE,
TO . WHILE MY . TIME . AWAY, . OR . SAFELY . TO . BEGUILE MY . THOUGHTS . WITH . JOY,— THERE'S
NOTHING . WORTH . A . SMILE.
/\bIIT . DIES, . QUIA . INCLINARUNT . UMBRAE VESPERTINE.
(the . DAY . GOETH . AWAY, . AND . THE . SHADOWS . OF . THE EVJMIING . ARE . STRETCHED . OUT).
OOL . SOLUS . SOLVIT.
(the . SUN . IS . THE . ONLY . SOLVER). 84
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
OO . FLYS . LIFE . AWAY.
IN ONEO, . DUM . MOVEO.
(l . WARN . AS . I . move).
i HE . MOMENT . PAST LAID . MANY . FAST.
^r^^^t^^
N
E . QUID . PEREAT.
(let . NOTHING . BE . LOST). 85
A BOOK OF
IN IHIL . VOLENTIBUS . ARDUUM.
(to . THE . WILLING . NOTHING . IS . DIFFICULT).
OPLENDETIS . UT , FACES . IN ; MUNDO.
(ye . SHINE . AS . LIGHTS . IN . THE . WORLD).
V EDI . L'ORA . MIA, . E . L'ORA . TUA . NON SAI?
(thou . SEEST . MY . HOUR, . BEHOLDEST . THOU . THINE ?)
1 EMPUS . NON . FORE . AMPLIUS.
(that . THERE . SHOULD . BE . TIME . NO . LONGER). 86
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
L
UX . FATA . EST . JUSTO.
(light . IS . SOWN . FOR . THE . RIGHTEOUS).
OlC . PETIS . HORA . QUOTA . EST, . DUM PETIS . HORA . FUGIT.
(thou . SEEKEST . THE . HOUR, . WHILE . THOU . SEEKEST, THE . HOUR . flies).
N
^^^^^ft^'
OVIT . QUAD . IN . TENEBRIS . EST, . ET LUX . CUM . EO . HABITAT.
(he . KNOWETH . WHAT . IS . IN . THE . DARKNESS, . AND . THE LIGHT . DWELLETH . WITH . HIM).
87
A BOOK OF
I
MARK . NOT . THE . HOURS . UNLESS
THEY . BE . BRIGHT, I . MARK. NOT . THE . HOURS . OF . DARKNESS
AND . NIGHT. MY . PROMISE . IS . SOLELY . TO . FOLLOW
THE . SUN AND , POINT . OUT . THE . COURSE . HIS
CHARIOT . DOTH . RUN.
^^fj^^^*
■s
IC . TRANSIT," . SAYEST . THOU? . WELL,
THEN, . LET . IT . PASS! WOULD'ST . BE . A . GLUTTON . AT . THE
FEAST . OF . LIFE, AND . EAT . AND . EAT, . AND . EVER . FILL
THY . GLASS? WELL-FED, . CONTENT . LAYS . DOWN . HIS
FORK . AND . KNIFE.
88
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
D
O . TO-DAY'S . WORK . TO-DAY.
-T OR . IN . AND . OUT, . ABOVE . US . AND BELOW,
'TIS . NOTHING . BUT . A . MAGIC . SHADOW- SHOW
PLAYED . IN . A . BOX . WHOSE . CANDLE . IS THE . SUN,
ROUND . WHICH . WE . PHANTOM . FIGURES COME . AND . GO.
— Omar Khayyam,
L^IFE'S . BUT . A . SHORT . DAY, BUT . IT . IS . A . WORKING . DAY.
^^r^^^^f^r^
T,
IME . FLEETETH . AWAY WITHOUT . DELAY.
89
A BOOK OF
T
IME'S . A . TORRENT'S . RAPID . STREAM; TIME'S . A . SHADOW, . TIME'S . A . DREAM; TIME'S . THE . CLOSING . WATCH . OF . NIGHT, DYING . AT . THE . RISING . LIGHT. TIME'S . A . BUBBLE . ON . TIME'S . SEA, USE . TIME . WELL . WHILE . TIME'S . WITH THEE.
T
O
HINK . AND . THANK.
NCE . AT . A . POTENT . LEADER'S . VOICE
I . STAYED; ONCE . I . WENT . BACK . WHEN . A . GOOD
MONARCH . PRAYED; MORTALS, . HOWE'ER . WE . GRIEVE,
HOWE'ER . DEPLORE, THE . FLYING . SHADOW . WILL . RETURN . NO
MORE.
90
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
T
HE . TIME . TO . COME . IS , NO . MORE OURS . THAN . THE . PAST.
-Life . is . a . passing . shadow . . . the shadow . of . a . bird . in . his
FLIGHT.
— From the Talmud,
i HE . TIME . THOU . KILLEST . WILL . IN TIME . KILL . THEE.
L-/ET . PLEASURE . BE . GRANTED . TO
YOUTH; BUT . SINCE . HUMAN . LIFE . IS . SOON . RUN, AND . HAS . BUT— TO . SPEAK . SOBER . TRUTH- TWO . MOMENTS —LET . WISDOM . HAVE . ONE.
91
A BOOK OF
H
OURS . FLY, FLOWERS . DIE, NEW . DAYS, NEW . WAYS, PASS . BY ; LOVE . STAYS.
T,
RADITUR . DIES . DIE NOVAEQUE . PERGUNT . INTERIRE . LUNAE.
(day . DISPLACES . DAY . AND . NEW . MOONS . HASTEN . ON- WARD . BUT . TO . fade).
— From Horace,
(on a sundial in a GRECIAN GARDEN).
^2^ 9^^ 9^^
D
UM . VIVIMUS . VIVAMUS.
(live . WHILE . YOU . LIVE).
92
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
D
ICIMUS . INTEGRO SICCI . MANE . DIE, . DICIMUS . UVIDI, QUUM . SOL . OCEANO . SUBEST.
(so . PRAY . WE . SOBER . IN . THE . MORNING, . WHEN . THE
DAY . IS . BEFORE . US ; . SO . PRAY . WE . . . WHEN . THE . SUN
SINKS . BENEATH . THE . OCEAN).
— Fro7n Horace,
(on a SUNDIAL IN A GRECIAN GARDEN).
V OLAT . IRREVOCABILIS . HORA.
(flies . THE . HOUR . NEVER . TO . BE . RECALLED).
V
OUS . QUI . PASSE . SOUVENE . VOUS . AU PASSANT . QUE . TOUT . PASSE . COMME JE . PASSE.
(remember . ALL . WHO . PASS, . ALL . THINGS ; PASS . AS . I
pass). 93
A BOOK OF
Ouch, . such . a . man . extends . his
life's . short . space, and . from . the . goal . again . renews
THE . RACE: FOR . HE . LIVES . TWICE . WHO . CAN . AT
ONCE . EMPLOY THE . PRESENT . WELL, . AND . E'EN . THE
PAST . ENJOY.
— From Martial.
i IME . IS
TOO . SLOW . FOR . THOSE . WHO . WAIT, TOO . SWIFT . FOR . THOSE . WHO . FEAR, TOO . LONG . FOR . THOSE . WHO . GRIEVE, TOO . SHORT . FOR . THOSE . WHO . REJOICE; BUT . FOR . THOSE . WHO . LOVE
TIME . IS
ETERNITY.
94
A
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
i 0-DAY . IS . YESTERDAY'S . PUPIL.
. DAY . TO . COME . SHOWS . LONGER THAN . A . YEAR . THAT'S . GONE.
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N . SPACE COMES . GRACE.
OOME . COME,— SOME . GO — THIS . LIFE IS . SO.
95
o
A BOOK OF
UR . TEACHERS . ARE . THE . HOURS WHICH . OPEN . OR . CLOSE . THE GATE . OF . HEAVEN.
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T . MIGRATURUS . HABITA.
(dwell . as . if . ABOUT . TO . DEPART).
Ol . SANS . SOLEIL . VOUS . VIENDREZ, SANS . REPONSE . VOUS . EN . RETOURNEREZ.
(if . WITHOUT . SUN . YOU . COME, WITHOUT . A . REPLY . WILL . YOU . GO).
V IGILANTIBUS
(to . THE . watchful).
96
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
/\gE . QUOD . AGIS.
(do . WHAT . YOU . ARE . DOING).
UlSPONENDO . ME, . NON . MUTANDO . ME.
(by . DISPOSING . OF . ME, . NOT . BY . CHANGING , HE).
Jr^ UGIT . IRREPARABILE . TEMPUS.
(irrecoverable . TIME . IS . FLYING . AWAY).
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D
EO . FAVENTE. (with . god's . favour). 97
A BOOK OF
J\ . LA . BONNE . HEURE. (well-timed).
JT^AS .
EST . EB . AB . HOSTE . DOCERI.
(it . IS . RIGHT . TO . DERIVE . INSTRUCTION . EVEN . FROM . AN
enemy).
OO . TEACH . US . TO . NUMBER . OUR . DAYS THAT . WE . MAY . APPLY . OUR HEARTS . UNTO . WISDOM.
JLfEAD,
KINDLY . LIGHT. 98
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
U
T
NTO . YOU . THAT . FEAR . MY . NAME SHALL . THE . SUN . OF . RIGHTEOUS- NESS . ARISE.
HE . WHIRLIGIG . OF . TIME . BRINGS . IN
HIS . REVENGES.
— Shakespeare,
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To
THEM . THAT . MOURN . THE . HOURS ARE . SLOW, BUT . WITH . THE . JOYFUL . SWIFTLY . GO.
As.
WE . USE . THE . HOURS . SO . WILL THE . HOURS . USE . US.
99
A BOOK OF
i HE . MOVING . FINGER . WRITES: . AND
HAVING . WRIT MOVES . ON : . NOR . ALL . THY . PIETY . NOR
WIT SHALL . LURE . IT . BACK . TO . CANCEL
HALF . A . LINE,
NOR . ALL . THY . TEARS . WASH . OUT . A
WORD . OF . IT.
— Omar Khayyam,
D
lES . MEI . SIMILES . SUNT . UMBRE INCLINAT^.
(my . DAYS . ARE . LIKE . A . SHADOW . THAT . DECLINETH).
U TERE . NON . REDIT . HORA.
(employ , THE . HOUR, . IT . RETURNETH . NOT).
100
SUNDIAL MOTTOES
R
Q
EMOVE . NOT . THE . ANCIENT . LANDMARK WHICH . THY . FATHER . HATH . SET UP.
UIA . TEMPOS . QUIDEM . EST . CUIQUE VOLUNTATI.
(there . is . a . TIME . FOR , EVERY . PURPOSE . AND . FOR EVERY . W^ORK).
VV HEN . SLOTH . PUTS . URGENT . BUSINESS
BY, "TO-MORROW'S . A . NEW . DAY," . SHE'LL
CRY; AND . ALL . HER . MORROWS . PROVE . IT
TRUE THEY'RE . NEVER . USED, . AND . THEREFORE
NEW.
101
A BOOK OF
OET . ME . RIGHT . AND . USE . ME . WELL AND . I . THE . TIME . TO . YOU . WILL . TELL.
(on a pocket dial).
OOON . SHALL . THE . SHINING . CIRCLE
CEASE . TO . RUN ; SOON . SHALL . TO-MORROW . TURN . TO
YESTERDAY. THAT . KNIFE . OF . SHADOW . CUTTING . IN
THE . SUN CUTS . PATIENTLY . THY . LIGHT . OF . LIFE
AWAY.
U NA . DABIT . QUOD . ALTERA . NEGAT.
(one . HOUR . WILL . GIVE . WHAT . THE . NEXT . DENIES).
102
N
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
AM . JEHOVA . TIBI . ERIT . LUCI PERPETU^.
(the . LORD . SHALL . BE . THINE . EVERLASTING . LIGHT).
U:
SE . THE . PRESENT . TIME REDEEM . THE . PAST FOR . THUS . UNCERTAINTY THOUGH . IMPERCEPTIBLY THE . NIGHT . OF . LIFE APPROACHES.
(in ALDINGHAM CHURCHYARD, LANCASHIRE).
OTAY . AND . THINK.
(Shakespeare's sonnet lvii.)
103
A BOOK OF
V OLANO . L'ORE, . I . GIORNI, . GL'ANNI . E
I . MESI.
— Petrarch.
(hours, . DAYS, . MONTHS, . YEARS, . ALL . FLY)
^OME . IN . TIME.
(on A CHURCH AT BRADFORD ST. GEORGE, SUFFOLK).
U SE . WELL . THE . PRESENT . MOMENTS
AS . THEY . FLEET, YOUR . LIFE, . HOWEVER . SHORT, . WILL . BE
COMPLETE. IF . AT . ITS . FATAL . ENDING . YOU . CAN
SAY: I'VE . LIVED . AND . MADE . THE . MOST . OF
EVERY . DAY.
(in waterfall CHURCHYARD, STAFFORDSHIRE). 104
s
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
URGE, . LUCE, . QUANDOQUIDEM . ADVENIT LUX . TUA.
(arise, . SHINE ; . FOR . THY . LIGHT . IS . COME).
i IME . IS . THE . CHRYSALIS . OF . ETERNITY.
OWIFT . FLY . THE . HOURS . AND . BRIEF THE . TIME
FOR . ACTION . AND . REPOSE:— FAST . FLITS . THIS . SCENE . OF . WOE . AND CRIME,
AND . SOON . THE . WHOLE . SHALL . CLOSE. THE . EVENING . SHADOWS . DEEPER . FALL,
THE . DAYLIGHT . DIES . AWAY, WAKE, . SLUMBERER, . AT . THE . MASTER'S
CALL, AND . WORK . WHILE . IT . IS . DAY.
105
A BOOK OF
U NA . UMBRA . ET . VAPOR . HOMINUM . VITA.
(a . SHADOW . AND . SMOKE . IS . MAN's . LIFE).
(in helston churchyard, Cornwall).
Umbra ! . quid . aspicis? . umbram.
(shadow ! . WHAT . SEEST . THOU ? . SHADOW).
U T . QUI . EXEMPLARI . ET . UMBRiE, DESERVIANT . REUM . COELESTIUM.
(the . EXAMPLE . AND , SHADOW . OF . HEAVENLY . THINGS).
OICI . VOTRE . HEURE.
(here , IS . YOUR . hour).
106
V,
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
U LTIMA . LATET . ET . OBSERVANTUR OMNES.
(the . LAST . [hour] . IS . HIDDEN . AND . ALL . WATCHED).
-Lex . ENIM . UMBRAM . OBTINENS FUTURORUM . BONORUM.
(a . SHADOW . OF . GOOD . THINGS . TO . COME).
1 AMEN . HIS . AEVUM . COMPONITUR UMBRIS.
(time . IS . MADE . UP . OF . SHADOWS).
-AlPUD . QUEM . NON . INEST . TRANSMUTATIO AUT . CONVERSIONIS . OBUMBRATIO.
(with . WHOM . IS . NO . VARIABLENESS . NEITHER . SHADOW OF . turning).
107
A BOOK OF
IJEING . YOUR . SLAVE, . WHAT . SHOULD . I
DO . BUT . TEND
UPON . THE . HOURS . AND . TIMES . OF . YOUR
DESIRE?
— Shakespeare,
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V ESTIGIA . NULLA . RETRORSUM.
(there . ARE . NO . STEPS . BACKWARD).
V^URRICULUM . MEUM . PERFICIAM . DONEC ADVENERINT . DOMINUS.
(l . will . run . my . course , until . the . lord ; shall
come).
V
lA . CRUCIS . VIA . LUCIS.
(the . WAY . OF . THE . CROSS . IS . THE . WAY . OF . LIGHT).
108
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
W ITH . WARNING . HAND . I . MARK . TIME'S
RAPID . FLIGHT FROM . LIFE'S . GLAD . MORNING . TO . ITS
SOLEMN . NIGHT; YET, . THROUGH . THE . DEAR , GOD'S . LOVE,
I . ALSO . SHOW THERE'S . A . LIGHT . ABOVE . ME . BY . THE
SHADE . BELOW.
(written by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER, FOR A SUNDIAL).
JUuM . EXSPECTAMUS . LUCEM, . ECCE TENEBR^.
(we . WAIT . FOR . LIGHT, . BUT . BEHOLD . OBSCURITY).
/VmBULEMUS . IN . LUCE . JEHOViE.
(let . us . WALK . IN . THE . LIGHT . OF . THE LORD). 109
A BOOK OF
-LaBUNTUR . ANNI . NEC . PIETAS . MORAM RUGIS . ET . . . AFFERET.
(the . FLEETING . YEARS . GLIDE . AWAY, . AND . PIETY . WILL NEVER . BRING . A . CHECK . TO . WRINKLES).
— From Horace,
i U . NUMERI . L'ORE . MA . NON . SAI L'ORA . DELLA . MORTE.
(thou . NUMBEREST . THE . HOURS . BUT . KNOWEST . NOT . THE HOUR . OF . death).
V
ELUT . UMBRA . SUNT . DIES . NOSTRI SUPER . TERRAM.
(our . DAYS . ON . EARTH . ARE . A . SHADOW). 110
SUNDIAL MOTTOES. W ATCH . FASTER— WATCH . SLOWER.
T
H
UTTE . LE . COSE . PERISCONA, . 10 . SONO IMMORTALE.
(all . THING6 . PERISH, . I . AM . IMMORTAL).
V^OME, . LIGHT! . VISIT . ME!
(in the garden of HARRIET MARTINEAU).
OMO . VANITATI . SIMILIS . EST, DIES . EJUS . SUNT . UT . UMBRA PR^TEREUNTIS.
(man . IS . LIKE . TO . VANITY : . HIS . DAYS . ARE . AS . A . SHADOW THAT . PASSETH . AWAY).
Ill
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A BOOK OF
UMINARE . MAJUS . AD . PR^EFECTURAM DIEI.
(the . GREATER . LIGHT . TO . RULE . THE . DAY).
U T . Ur
UxMBRA . QUUM . DECLINAT.
(l . AM . GONE . LIKE . A . SHADOW).
L,
ITTLE ; SUN . UPON . THE . CEILING EVER . MOVING, . EVER . STEALING
MOMENTS, . MINUTES, . HOURS . AWAY. MAY . NO . SHADE . FORBID . THY . SHINING V^HILE . THE . HEAVENLY . SUN . DECLINING
CALLS . US . TO . IMPROVE . THE . DAY.
(on a CEILING DIAL AT THEOBALDS).
112
SUNDIAL MOTTOES.
i AK .
TINT . O' . TIME . ERE . TIME . TAK TINT . O' . THEE.
V,
IX . ORIMUR . ET . OCCIDIMUS.
(scarcely . ARISEN , AND . WE . HAVE . SET).
1 IS . ALWAYS . MORNING . SOMEWHERE . IN THE . WORLD.
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113
IN PRAISE OF SUNDIALS.
115
IN PRAISE OF SUNDIALS.
WHAT an antique air had the now almost effaced sun-dials, with their moral inscriptions, seeming coevals with that Time which they measured, and to take their revelations of its flight immediately from Heaven, holding correspondence with the fountain of light! How would the dark line steal imperceptibly on, watched by the eye of childhood, eager to detect its movement, never catched, nice as an evanescent cloud, or the first arrests of sleep ! . , .
Ah ! yet doth beauty like a dial hand
Steal from his figure, and no pace perceived !
What a dead thing is a clock, with its ponderous embowelments of lead and brass, its pert or solemn dulness of communication, compared with the simple altar-like structure and silent heart-language of the old dial ! It stood as the garden god of Christian gardens. Why is it almost every where vanished ? If its business-use be super- seded by more elaborate inventions, its moral uses, its beauty, might have pleaded for its continuance. It spoke of moderate labours, of pleasures not protracted after sunset.
Charles Lamb. — Essays of Elia.
117
IN PRAISE OF SUNDIALS,
HOW well the skilful gardener drew, Of flowers and herbs, this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckon'd, but w^ith herbs and flowers ?
Andrew Marvell. — The Garden.
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A DIAL is the Visible Map of Time, till Whose Invention 'twas follie in the Sun to play with a Shadow. It is the Anatomic of the Day and a Scale of Miles for the Jornie of the Sun. It is the silent Voice of Time and without it the Day were dumbe ... It is ye Book of ye Sun on which he writes the Storie of the Day. Lastly, Heaven itself is but a generall Dial, and a Dial it, in a lesser volume.
Robert Hegge. — Heliotropum Sciotherictim {1630),
119
IN PRAISE OF SUNDIALS,
METHINKS it were a happy life . . . To carve out dials quaintly point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run ; — How many make the hour full complete ; How many hours bring about the day ; How many days will finish up the year. How many years a mortal man may live. When this is known then to divide the times ; — ... So minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years, Pass'd over to the end they were created.
Shakespeare. — Henry VI. (3 part), Act ii., Scene 5.
THE sundial is a thing of deep sentiment. All feel the beauty and wonder of the thought that Time, that most intangible, most fleeting, most wonderful of conditions, is marked so fittingly in its passing by a shadow almost equally intangible ; and the noblest evidences of creations — the stars in the heavens — would be to us invisible and unknown save for their revelation through the shadow of the earth. Mrs. Alice Morse Earle. — Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday.
121
IN PRAISE OF SUNDIALS.
THE hours when the mind is absorbed by beauty are the only hours when we really live, so that the longer we can stay among these things so much more is snatched from inevitable Time. Let the shadow advance upon the dial — I can watch it with equanimity while it is there to be watched. It is only when the shadow is not there, when the clouds of winter cover it, that the dial is terrible. The nvisible shadow goes on and steals from us . . . These are the only hours that are not wasted — these hours that absorb the soul and fill it with beauty.
Richard Jefferies. — The Pageant of Summer.
THERE is always, to my thinking, a charm about a sun- dial . . . The sacred grey of the aged stone, mellowed by the many years of sun and rain, forms a fair ground for the patterns which our loved lichens have traced upon it, in dark and orange, gold and oxydised silver . . . The Dial seems a witness with a silent voice, amid the changes of this life, to the lastingness of things. The Author of The Harvest of a Quiet Eye. — On Sundials.
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