Francois Villon
Francois Villon
François Villon, born in Paris in 1431 and disappeared from view in 1463, is the best known French poet of the late Middle Ages. A ne'er-do-well who was involved in criminal behavior and had multiple encounters with law enforcement authorities, Villon wrote about some of these experiences in his poems...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
CountryFrance
love heart two
We were two and had but one heart.
against brother hearts humans
Brother humans who live after us, do not harden your hearts against us.
blonde happy knows rhyme
Blonde or brunette, this rhyme applies, happy is he who knows them not
heart
We were two and had but one heart between us
But where are the snows of yester year?
ah days foolish studied youth
Ah God! Had I but studied in the days of my foolish youth
knowledge self-knowledge knows
I know everything except myself.
paris found talkers
Good talkers are only found in Paris.
snow yesteryear
But where are the snows of yesteryear?
gone wander
My days are gone a-wandering.