When morning light had lit the skies,
He from his couch had failed to rise.
SUNDIAL AT AIRTH, STIRLINGSHIRE, SCOTLAND. Date 1697.
Time dogs us always by the heel,
Making each mortal man to feel,
Present and mightier than all powers,
Those spectres of our mis-spent hours.
SUNDIAL ON GRACE CHURCH, MERCHANTVILLE, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A.