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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.

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'

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

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'

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

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

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

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

Ernest Dowson
Wine, Long, Rose
"Vitae Summa Brevis" l. 5 (1896)

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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