Extended inscriptions
1: Why should / it be / it's all / dark it's / always dark
2: over and over / and over / again, and / over and over / and again
3: another / night will it / follow and / another / and / another
4: over / and over / & over / again (t.l.-c.r.); now [illegible] (b.l.)
5: it is a / circle / [illegible] (u.l.-l.c.)