...universal truth in his observations on a dial. 14 Thus we may see how the world wags, 'Tis but an hour since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill...to hour we rot and rot, And thereby hangs a tale." Martin Luther apostrophized the Supreme Pontiff, Clement VII, saying, " 0 Peter, thou poor fisherman...

...he.iveu hath sent me fortune : " And then he drew a dial from his poke, 20 And, looking on it witli lack-lustre eye, Says very wisely, " It is ten o'clock...was nine ; And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; 25 And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And...

...with lack-luster eye, Says very wisely, 'It is ten o'clock: Thus we may see,' quoth he, 'how the wor] wags: 'Tis but an hour ago since it was nine; And...ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot an rot; 19. Touchstone of course alludes to the common saying "Fortui favours fools," cp. Every Man...

...And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye, Says very wisely, " It is ten o'clock : Thus we may see,'7 quoth he, " how the world wags : 'Tis but an hour...to hour, we rot and rot, And thereby hangs a tale." 2 Touchstone is distinguished by a kind of materialistic common sense, which enables him to seize on...

...influences,) That dost this habitation, where thou keep'st, Hourly afflict. 2691 Shaks.: M.forM. Act iii. Sc 1 'Tis but an hour ago since it was nine ; And after...to hour, we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale. 2692 Shaks.: As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7. The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this...

...this world is great or gay, Doth, as a vapor, vanish and decay. 3355 Spenser : Ruins of Time. Line 55 'Tis but an hour ago, since it was nine; And, after...ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot. 3356 Shaks. : As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7 What surety of the world, what hope, what stay, When this...

...having pulled forth my dial I spake after this fashion: "It is ten o'clock. This we may see," quoth I, "how the world wags. Tis but an hour ago since it...hour, we rot and rot, And thereby hangs a tale." When he did hear me moral thus, he straightway began to laugh, and laughing wept like any fool who, having...

...sun, And railed on Lady Fortune in good terms, In good set terms and yet a motley fool. "Good-morrow, fool," quoth I. "No, sir," quoth he; " Call me not...hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale." As You Like It. " When time is old and hath forgot itself, When waterdrops have worn the stones of...

...sun, And railed on Lady Fortune in good terms, In good set terms and yet a motley fool. "Good-morrow, fool," quoth I. "No, sir," quoth he; " Call me not...was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven : 234 * And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ;...

...from his poke, And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye, Says very wisely, " It is ten o'clock : 12 Thus we may see," quoth he, " how the world wags :...eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, 16 And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; (14A) The motley fool thus moral on the time, My lungs...