Number Our Days
Number Our Days
by Art Ticknor

                     
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Bas reliefs and incised quotes from the
Henry & Arabella Huntington mausoleum, San Marino, CA

Heaven lies about us in our infancy (Wordsworth)
"Heaven lies about us in our infancy"

Wordsworth, Ode: Intimations of Immortality

"And every shepherd tells his tale
under the hawthorn in the dale"

Milton, L'Allegro

Every shepherd tells his tale under the hawthorn in the dale (Milton)
Yet the vineyard's ruby treasures brighten Autumn's sob'rer time (Moore)
"Yet the vineyard's ruby treasures
brighten Autumn's sob'rer time"

Thomas Moore

"So teach us to number our days,
that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom"

Psalm 90:12

So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom (Psalms)
The photo of the Huntington mausoleum at the top of the page is from The Medieval Geek site. The bas reliefs were sculpted by John Gregory; photos from 1980-81.

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