438 MISCELLANEOUS THOUGHTS. Moments, minutes, hours away; May no shade forbid thy shining, While the heav'nly sun declining, Calls us to improve the day, 1 Another for a Spot -Dial. Shining spot, but ever sliding! Brightest hours have no abiding : Use the golden moments well Life is wasting, Death is basting; Death consigns to heas'n or hell. Another. See the little day -star moving; Life'and time are worth improving, Seize the moments while they stay ; Seize and use them, Lest you lose them, And lament the wasted day. Other Mottos on Dials. Festinat suprema. " Proxima non nostra est. " Vehimur properantibus horis .. Ad ceelum aut erebum. " Sic imus ad atria loch Aut umbras erebi. LXVIII. Inscriptions on Portraits. The Lines under Dr. Owen's Picture, written by himself. " UMBRA refert fragiles dederint quas cara dolorque " Reliquias, studis assiduusque labor. " Mentem humilem sacri servantem limina veri " Votis supplicibus qui dedit, í11e videt." Englished thus. 'Behold the shade, the frail remains Of sickness, cares, and studious pains ; The mind in humble posture waits At sacred truth's celestial gates, And keeps those bounds with holy fear. While he who gave it, sees it there. Furious Muttosfor an Effigy. I. " DO tibi terra quod umbra refert: satis exhibet umbra " Quod mock, pulvis erat, quod cito pulvis erit. "Mens donata Deo cupit immortali, cmlum " Suspicit, mthereis associanda choris. " Monstrat iter mihi sola fides : Amor adjicit alas : " Sorgo: levatricem, gratia, tende manum. °L Nox, error, dolor, ira, metas, caro, munde, valete: " Lux, via, vita, salus, omnia CHRISTUS erit. 2. " In Christo mea vita later : mea gloria Christus : " Rune lingua, hune calarous celebrar, nee imago tacebit. In uno Jesu omnia. 3. Ta arw ?MTOtts,e 'Ah01O,uovzt5 so aymara. Seeking the things above, And speaking truth and love. 4. " Est mihi Christus vivere, & lucrum mon. 5. Xtsr o5 ehot ro 'jv, Kst;'oç than vs $murs.
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