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TESTAMENT: 1 by FRANCOIS VILLON

Poem Explanation

First Line: IN THE THIRTIETH YEAR OF MY AGE
Last Line: THAT HE IS MINE, FOR ALL HIS FEATS



In the thirtieth year of my age
I have now drunk deeply of shame,
Not all a fool, not all a sage,
And not without a little pain,
Most of which was forced to meet
At the hands of Thibault d'Aussigny.
If he's a bishop blessing the streets,
Blessings he'll never bestow on mel



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