An Ape, a Lion, a Fox and an Ass
Henry Purcell, c. 1659 - 1695
An ape, a lion, a fox and an ass Do show forth man's life as it were in a glass For apish we are till twenty and one And after that lions till forty be gone. Then witty as foxes till threescore and ten But after that asses and so no more men.
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