Lyrics of Life (1909)/The Sun-Dial

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Previously published in Harper's Bazar (December 1908). This poem was not included in Mrs. Coates' collected Poems (1916, in 2 vols.).

761901Lyrics of Life — The Sun-DialFlorence Earle Coates

THE SUN-DIAL

They that read my message clear,
When the sun is shining near,
Know that moments tarry not
Though I keep no record here.


Noiseless as the river's flow,
Onward still the moments go;
Naught delays them—yet they be
Freighted for Eternity!


As the sand drops from the glass,
Unreturning, so they pass;
And the Power that bids them fall
Knows their value—each and all!