He Who Has Drunk All His Shame

Poem by Charles D'Orléans

He who has drunk all his shame,
He does not care what anyone says,
He lets mockery pass by
Before his eyes, like the clouds.

If he is hooted through the streets,
He shakes his head with a merry face.
He who has drunk all his shame,
He does not care what anyone says.

Taunts are welcome to him;
When people laugh, he must laugh too;
He could not be made to blush;
He has not lost his countenance at all,
He who has drunk all his shame.

Charles D’Orléans

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