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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. 
Face of Dial at Sag Harbor, Long 
Island. 
dials. These noble lines 
Landor ; — 
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’- 
are by Walter Savage 
