But worse remains. There are three dials on the pillar, with an inscription on the side facing the rising sun—
“Volat Tempus.
“Oh, early passenger, look up, be wise:
And think how, night and day, Time onward Flies.”
Opposite Noon is the advice, “Whilst we have time, do good.”
“Qvum Tempus Habemus, operemur bonum.
“Life steals away—this hour, O man, is lent thee
Patient to work the work of Him that sent thee.”
For Evening the admonition is not a little alarming—if taken literally.
“Redibo. Tu Nunquam.
“Haste, traveller! the sun is sinking low;
He shall return again—but never Thou.”
The passing wayfarer might well ask why he should never return along this road!
The late vicar of Bremhill did these metrical paraphrases of the Latin which led so tragically, but whose qualities, as verse, resemble the average of the ordinary Pantomime librettist.
Maud Heath’s charity is still in existence, and is now worth about £120 per annum, a sum amply sufficient for keeping her Causeway in repair.