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July 1917 Issue
July 1917 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • Young Soldiers of France
    Maurice Barrès
  • The Eidolon
    Lisa Ysaye Tarleau
  • On an Old Army Post
    James Merriam Moore
  • Individual Liberty and Public Control
    Bertrand Russell
  • On a Sun-Dial
    Beatrice W. Ravenel
  • The West's New Vision
    Charles Moreau Harger

On a Sun-Dial

By Beatrice W. Ravenel
July 1917 Issue
FOLLOW the Sun as I : His favour keep :
Nor fear the night that cometh : Sweet is sleep.