The Sun-Dial
Every day, Every day, Tell the hours By their shadows, By their shadows.
Adelaide Crapsey
Every day, Every day, Tell the hours By their shadows, By their shadows.
A sundial speaks in the language of shadows, and Adelaide Crapsey’s tiny poem captures that quiet voice. The speaker isn’t describing the sundial so much as letting us hear its endless, patient instruction: notice the shadows, notice the hours slipping by.
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