Inscription:
BY CHANCE OR / NATURE’S CHANGING COURSE, / UNTRIMM'D; BUT THY ETERNAL / SUMMER SHALL NOT FADE, NOR LOSE / POSSESSION OF THAT FAIR THOU OWEST; / NOR SHALL DEATH BRAG THOU WANDER’ST / IN HIS SHADE, WHEN IN ETERNAL LINES / TO TIME THOU GROWEST: SO LONG AS / MEN CAN BREATH, OR EYES CAN / SEE, SO LONG LIVES THIS, AND / THIS GIVES LIFE TO / THEE.
Design:
inscription; quotation from Shakespeare's 18th Sonnet
