By marking the hours upon this stone.
Learn, like me, to waste no time,
Words are empty, actions climb.
Man made this dial, with gnomon to plan
A shadow in time to govern the man.
Go, save thy time and mend thy ways,
And thus prolong thy length of days.
Come, learn the hour I have to tell,
For like a friend I greet you well.
Mortal, mortal, tell me why,