Illinois Verse/The Sun-dial
For works with similar titles, see The Sun-Dial.
The Sun-dial
The sun-dial stands amidst its shrubs and grass
And marks the time of day for all who pass.
Nineteen-hundred-six, the long since gone,
Still lingers here for each succeeding class.
And marks the time of day for all who pass.
Nineteen-hundred-six, the long since gone,
Still lingers here for each succeeding class.
"Make the passing shadow serve thy will,"
Students have read, and tarried here until
A favorite place for kodaks it became.
Now sun-dial pictures many albums fill.
Students have read, and tarried here until
A favorite place for kodaks it became.
Now sun-dial pictures many albums fill.
"Amidst ye flowers I tell ye howres," you see.
"Take tent o' time ere time be tent." Ah, me!
Such sage advice the young since Omar's time
Have read,—and hastened on in liberty.
"Take tent o' time ere time be tent." Ah, me!
Such sage advice the young since Omar's time
Have read,—and hastened on in liberty.