Silas Higgon wrote: > >Is anyone aquainted with the following quotation seen on a dial of 1703 >made by Henry Thomas? > >"Amyddst ye flowres I tell ye houres >Tyme wanes awaye as flowres decaye >Beyond ye tombe fresh flowers bloome >Soe man shall ryse aboe ye skyes" > >Does anyone know the source of this please?
I don't know the source but I'm interested to have it dated back to 1703 (or perhaps beyond). The first two lines were on a replica dial I made for a convent in Yorkshire but the 3/16" Whitworth nuts & bolts securing the original gnomon contradicted the 'olde worlde' inscription which I surmised was a bit of Victorian invention. Tony Moss. -
