Death & Dying
The Quatrain that Villon Made when He Was Doomed to Die
Translated by John Payne (1878; Mosher edition, 1909) · From Divers Poems
Death & Dying
FRANÇOIS am I, — woe worth it me!
At Paris born, near Pontoise citie,
Whose neck, in the bight of a rope of three,
Must prove how heavy my buttocks be.
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Villon, François. “The Quatrain that Villon Made when He Was Doomed to Die.” Translated by John Payne. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/villon/1/.
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Villon, François. “The Quatrain that Villon Made when He Was Doomed to Die.” Translated by John Payne. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/villon/1/.
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