Ernest Dowson Quotes
1867 - 1900
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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."
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"
I understand that absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.
Ernest Dowson— Letter to Arthur Moore (February 1899)
O pray the earth enfoldOur life-sick hearts and turn them into dust.
Ernest Dowson— A Last Word (1899)
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'.
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'.
