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Old Sundial Mottoes

from Planets and Animals by Bob Drake

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Let others tell of showers
I only count your sunny hours
SOL MINISTRAT UMBRAM

Observe how the time hurries past
and use every hour within your power.
Festinat suprema
Today is yesterday's tomorrow
SOL MINISTRAT UMBRAM

And if without sunlight you come
with no reply shall you go away.
The shadow of my gnomon
marks the movement of the world.

SOL MINISTRAT UMBRAM
Elusive shadow so fast
unstoppable yet
too slow for those who wait
but too fast for those who fear
too long for those stricken with grief
too short for those who wish to rejoice.

Cum tempus non existet tunc morior.

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from Planets and Animals, released December 6, 2020

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