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HIS OWNE EPITAPH by FRANCOIS VILLON

Poem Explanation

First Line: ETERNAL REST ON HIM BESTOWE
Last Line: ETERNAL REST ON HIM BESTOWE.
Subject(s): DEATH; FUTURE LIFE; PRAYER; DEAD, THE; RETRIBUTION; ETERNITY; AFTER LIFE;
ETERNAL rest on him bestowe,
O Lord, and everlastynge light,
Who lacked withal for sup or bite,
Shorn close on scalp and chin and browe,
Who was scrap't bare and smooth, I trowe
As any turnip round, poor wighte:
Eternal rest on him bestowe.
Hard doome befell him here belowe,
Drove forth and smote him in sore spite,
Though "I appeal!" he cried with mighte,
A form of speech that's playne enowe:
Eternal rest on him bestowe.



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