Ernest Dowson Quotes

• They are 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

  Death, Dream, Flower

  'Vitae Summa Brevis'

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• I understand that absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.

  Ernest Dowson

  Absinthe, Grows, Tarts

  Ernest Christopher Dowson, Desmond Flower, Henry Maas (1968). “The Letters of Ernest Dowson”, p.35, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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• They are not long, the weeping and the laughter. Love and desire and hate; I think they have no portion in us after We pass the gate.

  Ernest Dowson

  Laughter, Hate, Thinking

  'Vitae Summa Brevis'

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• I cried for madder music and for stronger wine,
  But when the feast is finished and the lamps expire,
  Then falls thy shadow, Cynara! the night is thine.

  Ernest Dowson

  Fall, Wine, Night

  Ernest Dowson, (2013). “The Poems And Prose Of Ernest Dowson”, p.37, Read Books Ltd

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• Pale amber sunlight falls across The reddening October trees.... Are we not better and at home In dreamful Autumn, we who deem No harvest joy is worth a dream? A little while and night shall come, A little while, then, let us dream.

  Ernest Dowson

  Dream, Fall, Home

  Ernest Dowson (2015). “The Poems of Ernest Dowson”, p.51, Read Books Ltd

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• I cried for madder music and for stronger wine.

  Ernest Dowson

  Wine, Stronger, Cried

  Ernest Christopher Dowson, Desmond Flower, Henry Maas (1968). “The Letters of Ernest Dowson”, p.185, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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• They are not long, the days of wine and roses.

  Ernest Dowson

  Wine, Long, Rose

  "Vitae Summa Brevis" l. 5 (1896)

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• Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine
  There fell thy shadow, Cynara! thy breath was shed
  Upon my soul between the kisses and the wine;
  And I was desolate and sick of an old passion,
  Yea, I was desolate and bowed my head:
  I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion.

  Ernest Dowson

  Fashion, Passion, Wine

  Ernest Dowson, (2013). “The Poems And Prose Of Ernest Dowson”, p.37, Read Books Ltd

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