Ernest Christopher Dowson (2 August 1867 – 23 February 1900) was an English poet associated with the Decadent Movement.
Quotes
- I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion.
- 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- Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae
- 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.- 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."
- I understand that absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.
- Letter to Arthur Moore (February 1899)
- O pray the earth enfold
Our life-sick hearts and turn them into dust.- A Last Word (1899)
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