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pillar is a good model, and the base should be sur- 

 rounded by a circle of grass. 



This grassy ring is the "wabe," where Lewis Car- 

 roll's "slithy toves" did "gyre and gimbel" in the 

 immortal poem "Jabberwocky." 



The sun-dial can also be placed at the end of a 

 path, if the path is important enough to warrant it. 



In our Shakespeare garden I suggest using a 

 Shakespearian quotation for the inscription, such as, 

 for example : 



For never-resting Time leads summer on. 



or 

 Nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defense. 



or 



Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, 

 So do our minutes hasten to their end. 



or 



Come what, come may, 

 Time and the hour runs through the roughest day. 



XIII 



The Terrace 



The terrace is essential, if one would have the 

 true Elizabethan atmosphere. The terrace can be 

 of stone, or brick, or brick combined with stone, or 

 brick combined with wood. Whatever the material, 



