Ernest Dowson Quotes

Ernest Christopher Dowson was an English poet, novelist,

short-story writer, often associated with the Decadent movement. Wikipedia  

✵ 2. August 1867 – 23. February 1900
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Famous Ernest Dowson Quotes

“I understand that absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.”

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Letter to Arthur Moore (February 1899).

“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

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 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.

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