...it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven, And so from hour to hour, we ripe, and ripe, And then from hour to hour, we rot, and rot — And...the time, My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, 30 That fools should be so deep-contemplative; And I did laugh, sans intermission, An hour by his dial....

...One is the Jaques-Touchstone view of inevitable decay: And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale. (n. vn. 26-8) Jaques's set piece on the seven ages of man is essentially an elaboration of this view....

...it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven; And so from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale.' (Il.vii) But Touchstone's mock-philosophical account is made laughable by its homonyms and language...

...he first encountered Touchstone in the Forest of Arden and how the fool's grim wit made him laugh: When I did hear The motley fool thus moral on the...My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, That fools should be so deep-contemplative, And I did laugh sans intermission An hour by his dial. (2.7.28-33)...

...and legs. Essays. Of Age William Shakespeare; 1 598 59 And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale. As You Like It, Act II, Scene vii Thomas Browne; 1643 60 Age doth not rectify, but incurvate our natures,...

...antizipiert und ist mit seinem Zeiterlebnis gleichzusetzen: And so from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then from hour to hour, we rot and rot. And thereby hangs a tale. (II, 7, 25-28) ,Hour' und , whore' waren Homophone im 16. Jahrhundert ebenso wie , tale' and ,tail'...

...True. Nevertheless, Mr. Shakespeare had it right when he said, "From hour to hour we ripe and ripe, from hour to hour we rot and rot, and thereby hangs a tale 28 ." June 8 When I was five years old I saw a movie called Just Imagine. It pictured a future in which...