人生的七个阶段"the seven ages of man"

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威廉.莎士比亚"William Shakespeare",十六世纪英国大文豪,不需我多赘述了.
这首"人生的七个阶段"在欧洲的地位几乎可以用无人不知来形容,以我个人的经历来讲,但凡我遇过的曾经读过书的无论东南西北中欧的北美的无所谓讲还是不讲英文的可以称之为"人"的动物,打小都学过这首诗!
我年过30以后才是在一个小小的社区里读到它,而其实它早就该是高中学生的英语课内读物了.

The Seven Ages of ManAll the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players,
They have their exits and entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Then, the whining schoolboy with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden, and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice
In fair round belly, with good capon lin'd,
With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws, and modern instances,
And so he plays his part.