The Greater Testament · 1878
Stanza LXXXIV
Translated by John Payne (1878; Mosher edition, 1909)
LXXXIV
Item, to Master Ythier,
To whom I left my sword of yore,
I give ( to set to song ) this lay,
Containing verses half a score ;
Being a De profundis for
His love of once upon a day :
Her name I must not tell you, or
He'd hate me like the deuce alway.
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Villon, François. The Greater Testament, Stanza LXXXIV. Translated by John Payne. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/greater-testament-payne/13/.
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Villon, François. The Greater Testament, Stanza LXXXIV. Translated by John Payne. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/greater-testament-payne/13/.