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SUN DIAL MOTTOES
SUNFLOWER
1

Let others tell of storms and showers,
I'll only mark your sunny hours.

 On a Sun Dial at Pittsfield, Mass.


2

Once 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.
In Cyrus Redding—Fifty Years Recollections.
Vol. III. P. 86. Attributed to William
Hamilton in Chalmek's Poets. Vol. XV.
P. 620.


3

The Natural Clock-work by the mighty ONE
Wound up at first, and ever since have gone.
Part of Sun Dial motto on the South Porch of
Seaham Church, Durham, England.


4

As the long hours do pass away,
So doth the life of man decay.
Inscription on a Sun Dial in the garden of the
Royal hotel at Sevenoaks, Kent, England.
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 | text = Carve out dials, quaintly, point by point
Thereby to set the minutes, how they run,
How many make the Hour full, complete,
How manv hours bring about the Day.
King Henry VI. Pt. III. Act II. Sc. 5.


6

If o'er the dial glides a shade, redeem
The time for lo! it passes like a dream;
But if 'tis all a blank, then mark the loss
Of hours unblest by shadows from the cross.
On a Sun Dial in a churchyard at Shenstone, England.


7

I mark my hours by shadow;
Mayest thou mark thine
By sunshine.
Hilton Tdrvet. In his novel—The Van
Haavens.


8

Begone about your business.

 On a Sun Dial once in The Temple, London.


9

Hours fly.
Flowers die.
New days,
New ways,
Pass by.
Love stays.
Henry Van Dyke—Motto for Katrina's Sun Dial.


10

Time 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 not.
Henry Van Dyke—Motto for Katrina's Sun
Dial. In Mrs. Spencer Trask's Garden of
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs.


11

In the day, do the day's work.
Sun Dial against the residence of Spencer
Wells, Hamstead, England.


12

With warning hand I mark Time's rapid flight,
From Life's glad morning to its solemn night;
Yet, through the dear Lord's love, I also show
There's light above me by the shade I throw.
Whittier—Inscription on a Sun Dial for the
Rev. Henry T. Bowditch.


13

He knows but from its shade the present hour.

WordsworthAn Evening Walk.


SUNFLOWER

Helianthus

14

Ah, Sunflower, weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the sun;
Seeking after that sweet golden clime,
Where the traveller's journey is done;
Where the youth pined away with desire,
And the pale virgin shrouded in snow,
Arise from their graves, and aspire
Where my Sunflower wishes to go!

William BlakeThe Sunflower.


15

Light-enchanted sunflower, thou
Who gazest ever true and tender
On the sun's revolving splendour.
Calderon—Magico Prodigioso. Sc. 3. Shelley's trans.


16

Restless sunflower; cease to move.
Calderon—Magico Prodigioso. Sc. 3. Shelley's trans.


17

The Sunflow'r, thinking 'twas for him foul shame
To nap by daylight, strove t' excuse the blame;
It was not sleep that made him nod, he said,
But too great weight and largeness of his head.
Cowley—Of Plants. Bk. D7. Of Flowers.
The Poppy. L. 102.


18

With zealous step he climbs the upland lawn,
And bows in homage to the rising dawn;
Imbibes with eagle eye the golden ray,
And watches, as it moves, the orb of day.
Erasmus Darwin—Loves of the Plants. Canto I. L. 225.


19

Space for the sunflower, bright with yellow glow,
To court the sky.
Caroline Gilman—To the Ursulines.


20

Eagle of flowers! I see thee stand,
And on the sun's noon-glory gaze;
With eye like his, thy lids expand,
And fringe their disk with golden rays:
Though fix'd on earth, in darkness rooted there,
Light is thy element, thy dwelling air,
Thy prospect heaven.
Montgomery—The Sunflower.


21

As the sunflower turns on her god when he sets,
The same look which she turn'd when he rose.

MooreBelieve Me, if all Those Endearing Young Charms.