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| Geddy Lee from Rush at the Jays game... |
Here is the poem for homework for today:
| Seven Ages of Man |
| William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
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From “As You Like It,” Act II. Sc. 7.
ALL the world ’s a stage, | |
| And all the men and women merely players: | |
| They have their exits and their entrances; | |
| And one man in his time plays many parts, | |
| His Acts being seven ages. At first the Infant, | 5 |
| Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms. | |
| Then the whining School-boy, with his satchel | |
| And shining morning face, creeping like snail | |
| Unwillingly to school. And then the Lover, | |
| Sighing like furnace, with a woful ballad | 10 |
| Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a Soldier, | |
| Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard; | |
| Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel, | |
| Seeking the bubble reputation | |
| Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the Justice, | 15 |
| In fair round belly with good capon lined, | |
| With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, | |
| Full of wise saws and modern instances,— | |
| And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts | |
| Into the lean and slippered Pantaloon, | 20 |
| With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side; | |
| His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide | |
| For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, | |
| Turning again toward childish treble, pipes | |
| And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, | 25 |
| That ends this strange eventful history, | |
| Is second childishness, and mere oblivion,— | |
| Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. | |
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The teacher also took a brief peek at this poem ... which is also a classic Canadian rock song.
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