The Sun-Dial

Every day, 
Every day, 
Tell the hours 
By their shadows, 
By their shadows.

Credit

This poem is in the public domain.

Author

Adelaide Crapsey

Adelaide Crapsey was born on September 9, 1878, in Brooklyn Heights, New York. She was the third child of the Reverend Algernon Sidney Crapsey and Adelaide Trowbridge Crapsey. Within the first year after Crapsey was born, her father became rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Parish in Rochester, New York, where the family then moved.

Date Published

01/01/1915