Time & Brevity
On the Front of a Hermitage, Near a Dial
From Inscriptions in the Gardens of Bremhill Rectory
Time & Brevity
To mark life's few and fleeting hours
I placed the dial 'midst the flowers,
Which one by one came forth and died,
Still withering by its ancient side.
Mortals, let the sight impart
Its pensive moral to thy heart!
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MLA
Bowles, William Lisle. “On the Front of a Hermitage, Near a Dial.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bowles/185/.
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Bowles, William Lisle. “On the Front of a Hermitage, Near a Dial.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bowles/185/.
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