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 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your 
wrath: Neither give place to read more 
 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your 
wrath: Neither give place to the devil. 
 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. 
 I mark my hours by shadow;
 Mayest thou mark thine
  By sunshine.  
 I mark my hours by shadow;
 Mayest thou mark thine
  By sunshine. 
 I am moved by the light.
 [Lat., A lumine motus.]  
 I am moved by the light.
 [Lat., A lumine motus.] 
 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. 
Live ye, he says, I flee.
Live ye, he says, I flee.
 If o'er the dial glides a shade, redeem
 The time for lo! it passes like a dream;
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 If o'er the dial glides a shade, redeem
 The time for lo! it passes like a dream;
  But if 'tis all a blank, then mark the loss
   Of hours unblest by shadows from the cross. 
 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the 
night cometh, when no read more 
 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the 
night cometh, when no man can work. 
 I count only the hours that are serene.
 [Lat., Horas non numero nisi serenas.]  
 I count only the hours that are serene.
 [Lat., Horas non numero nisi serenas.]