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Old Time Gardens 



ABUSE ME NOT I DO NO ILL 



I STAND TO SERVE THEE WITH GOOD WILL 



AS CAREFUL THEN BE SURE THOU BE 



TO SERVE THY GOD AS I SERVE THEE. 



A CLOCK THE TIME MAY WRONGLY TELL 

 I NEVER IF THE SUN SHINE WELL. 



AS A SHADOW SUCH IS LIFE. 



I COUNT NONE BUT SUNNY HOURS. 



BE THE DAY WEARY, BE THE DAY LONG 

 SOON IT SHALL RING TO EVEN SONG. 



I Mi.\.t:i: V 



tfiiCUBLESS HOURS, J 

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Scriptural verses have 

 ever been favorites, es- 

 pecially passages from 

 the Psalms : " Man is 

 like a thing of nought, 

 his time passeth away- 

 like a shadow." "My 

 time is in Thy hand." 

 " Put not off from day 

 to day." " Oh, re- 

 member how short my 

 time is." Some of the 

 Latin mottoes are Very 

 beautiful. 



Poets have written 

 special verses for sun- 

 dials. These noble lines are by Walter Savage 

 Landor : — 



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Face of Dial at Sag Harbor, Long 

 Island. 



