The book of sun-dials; originally compiled by the late Mrs. Alfred Gatty; now enl. and re-edited by H. K. F. Eden and Eleanor Lloyd (1900)
Gatty, Alfred, Mrs., 1809-1873, Eden, Horatia K. F. Gatty, Lloyd, Eleanor, Evans, Lewis · London, G. Bell · leaf 451
ol/Tof hAiou (the word o-raupo?, a cross,being supplied by -(-). The cross givesthe hour in sunshine. And, (2) ii«n;.Let there be light. Two other translations have beenmade of the Latin lines, but the onegiven above seems to follow the originalmore closely than the rest. (i) SnnligJit falls, and… … (2) L ight falls from heaven !Then doth the Cross s shadeThis lesson sweetly teach :Thy time—Heaven s grace INights deeper shadesClose round I the voi-ce is hushedSo soon that grace is spent,It flies apace.Hold on thy race. 1264. solis ardor extraCaritas intra. The suns heat without, charity…
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