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 The hour of justice does not strike
 On the dials of this world.
  [Fr., L'heure de la read more 
 The hour of justice does not strike
 On the dials of this world.
  [Fr., L'heure de la justice ne sonne pas
   Aux cadrans de ce monde.]
   - Maurice Maeterlinck, Measure of the Hours, 
 Hours fly,
 Flowers die.
  New days,
   New ways,
    Pass by.
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 Hours fly,
 Flowers die.
  New days,
   New ways,
    Pass by.
     Love stays. 
 Give God thy heart, thy service, and thy gold; The day wears on, 
and time is waxing old.
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 Give God thy heart, thy service, and thy gold; The day wears on, 
and time is waxing old.
   - Unattributed Author, 
 I go away and come again each day,
 But thou shalt go away and ne'er return.  
 I go away and come again each day,
 But thou shalt go away and ne'er return. 
 True as the dial to the sun,
 Although it be not shin'd upon.  
 True as the dial to the sun,
 Although it be not shin'd upon. 
 Our life's a flying shadow, God's the pole,
 The index pointing at Him is our soul;
  Death read more 
 Our life's a flying shadow, God's the pole,
 The index pointing at Him is our soul;
  Death the horizon, when our sun is set,
   Which will through Christ a resurrection get. 
 "Horas non numero nisi serenas."
 There stands in the garden of old St. Mark
  A sun dial read more 
 "Horas non numero nisi serenas."
 There stands in the garden of old St. Mark
  A sun dial quaint and gray.
   It takes no heed of the hours which in dark
    Pass o'er it day by day.
     It has stood for ages amid the flowers
      In that land of sky and song.
       "I number none but the cloudless hours,"
        Its motto the live day long. 
 As the long hours do pass away,
 So doth the life of man decay.  
 As the long hours do pass away,
 So doth the life of man decay. 
 The Natural Clock-work by the might One
 Wound up at first, and ever since have gone.  
 The Natural Clock-work by the might One
 Wound up at first, and ever since have gone.