Chapter I: Front Matter

Ye
SUNDIAL BOOKE

By
T. GEOFFREY W. HENSLOW, M.A.

LONDON
1914.

_ALL RIGHTS RESERVED_

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DEDICATION.

❧

To Wiltshire men I dedicate
This book, regardless of estate,
And only honour those who prove
By deeds, not words, their counties love.

The paltry honours men may give,
That last the feeble years we live,
Shall never influence thoughts sublime,
Or mar a work that deals with time.

Accept ye, then, my humble book,
Remembering all the hours it took
To build this work for it to reach
Beyond the force of human speech.

T. G. W. H.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

Introduction 1

The History of the Sundial 3

Photograph No. 1 of Saxon Sundial, built into the South Porch of a 11
Norman Church, Stanton S. Quintin, Chippenham, Wilts.

Photograph No. 2 of the Saxon Sundial discovered by the Author at 13
Stanton S. Quintin, Chippenham, Wilts.

Famous Men and the Sundial, with Notes on Mottoes 15

The Setting of the Sundial 22

Poem, “My Desire” 27

Sketch to Poem, “The Sundial” 28

Poem, “The Sundial” 29

Sketch to Poem, “The Dial’s Motto” 30

Poem, “The Dial’s Motto” 31

Sketch to Poem, “The Maid and the Sundial” 32

Poem, “The Maid and the Sundial” 33

Sketch to Poem, “The Moon and the Dial” 34

Poem, “The Moon and the Dial” 35

Verses and Sundial Sketches 36

Additional Mottoes and Verses for Sundials 402

Names and Places where Sundials exist, with Index to Sketches and 416
Verses

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