Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VILLON, by SIEGFRIED SASSOON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They threw me from the gates: my matted hair Last Line: He hath put by as though they had not been. Subject(s): Soldiers' Writings; Villon, Francois (1431-1463) | ||||||||
THEY threw me from the gates: my matted hair Was dank with dungeon wetness; my spent frame O'erlaid with marish agues: everywhere Tortured by leaping pangs of frost and flame, So hideous was I that even Lazarus there In noisome rags arrayed and leprous shame, Beside me set had seemed full sweet and fair, And looked on me with loathing. But one came Who laid a cloak on me and brought me in Tenderly to an hostel quiet and clean; Used me with healing hands for all my needs. The mortal stain of my reputed sin, My state despised, and my defiled weeds, He hath put by as though they had not been. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DISPUTE OF THE HEART AND BODY OF FRANCOIS VILLON by FRANCOIS VILLON THE LAST BALLADE; MASTER FRANCOIS VILLON LOQUITUR by THOMAS BEER VILLON'S STRAIGHT TIP TO ALL CROSS COVES by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY FRANCOIS VILLON by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL A BALLADE OF BALLADE-MONGERS; AFTER THE MANNER OF VILLON OF PARIS by AUGUSTUS M. MOORE VILLON IN PRISON by HOWARD CHANDLER ROBBINS ON RUE SAINT-JACQUES by ANDRE SALMON A BALLAD OF FRANCOIS VILLON by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |
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