TESTAMENT: 22, by FRANCOIS VILLONPoem ExplanationPoet's Biography
First Line: The days of youth I must regret Last Line: And me stuck here without a thing Alternate Author Name(s): Montcorbier, Francois De
I mourn the slipping days of youth That more than other men I supped For Age kept mum his awful truth, Not saying time would soon be up. On foot he did not take his fling Or horseback. No. How did he go? Suddenly in a burst of wings. Not one souvenir did he throw.
