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Infant
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Screaming and vunerable in your loving arms. Picture from;
http://mdchildvoice.org/543/the-sense-of-hearing-the-first-two-years-of-life-for-infants.html -
School Boy/Girl
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like a snail
Unwillingly to school. Picture from;
http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photography-school-boy-holding-book-image9564377 -
Lover
And then the lover,
Sighning like a furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistrisses' eyebrow. Picture from;
http://www.layoutsparks.com/pictures/lover-3 -
Pantaloon
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 towards chidlish treble, pipes
And whistles in sound. Photo from;
http://fromdusktilldon.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/i-saw-my-future-i-was-old-i-was-happy-i-had-a-wife/ -
Soldier
Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like a pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. Photo from;
http://www.notbeinggoverned.com/open-letter-soldier-criticize-troops/ -
Justice
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. Photograph from;
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2013/may/08/sl_oil_field_death_050913_208979/ -
Second Childhood
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. Photo from;
http://www.mscottgrimmett.com/?p=500
