Tuesday, April 13, 2010
The Four Ages. A Brief Fragment Of An Extensive Projected Poem Comments
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'I could be well content, allowed the use
Of past experience, and the wisdom gleaned
From worn-out follies, now acknowledged such,
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William Cowper
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8/7/2025 3:10:10 AM # 1.0.0
For Shakespeare, the seven stages of a man's life were: infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice, 'Pantalone' and 'old age'. In 'All the world's a stage': Jaques's monologue from ''As You Like It, '', Act II Scene VII. From there the Robert Smirke's painting ''The Seven Ages of Man''