Ernest Dowson Quotes

   1867 - 1900

English poet. A member of  the 'decadent' school,  he  studied at Oxford  and  became  part  of  the  Rhymers' Club.  He  developed friendships  with  W  B  Yeats  and  Arthur  Symons  and  lived  in France, where he died of alcoholism.

They are not long, the days of wine and roses;Out of a misty dreamOur path emerges for a while, then closesWithin a dream.

"Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetet Incohare Longam" (1896)
— This title too is from Horace: "The short span of life forbids us to entertain long hopes."

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I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion.

Ernest Dowson
— "Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae" (1896)
— The title, a quotation from Horace, means "I am not as I was under good Cynara's reign."

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I have forgot much, Cynara! gone with the wind,Flung roses, roses riotously with the throng

Ernest Dowson
— "Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae"

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I understand that absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.

Ernest Dowson
— Letter to Arthur Moore (February 1899)

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O pray the earth enfoldOur life-sick hearts and turn them into dust.

Ernest Dowson
— A Last Word (1899)

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Theyare not long, the days of wine and roses: Out of a misty dream Our path emerges for a while, then closes Within a dream.

Ernest Dowson
— 1896  'Vitae Summa Brevis'.

Tags: long, days, wine, roses, misty, dream, Our, path, emerges

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I have forgot much,Cynara! Gone with the wind, Flung roses, roses, riotously with the throng, Dancing, to put thy pale, lost lilies out of mind; But I was desolate and sick of an old passion, Yea, all the time, because the dance was long: I have been faithful to thee,Cynara! in my fashion.

Ernest Dowson
— 1896  Verses,'Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae'.

Tags: forgot, Gone, wind, Flung, roses, riotously, throng, Dancing, pale

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