"Once at a potent leader's voice I stayed; Once I went back when a good monarch prayed; Mortals, howe'er we grieve, howe'er deplore, The flying shadow will return no more."
— Sundial mottos

January 1, 1970

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In Cyrus Redding, Fifty Years Recollections, Volume III, p. 86. Attributed to William Hamilton in Chalmer's Poets, Volume XV, p. 620.