Ernest Dowson
Ernest Dowson
Ernest Christopher Dowsonwas an English poet, novelist, and short-story writer, often associated with the Decadent movement...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth2 August 1867
days dream emerges path wine within
They are not, the days of wine and roses: Out of a misty dream, Our path emerges for a while, then closes, Within a dream
faithful fashion
I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion
absinthe grows tarts
I understand that absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.
wine stronger cried
I cried for madder music and for stronger wine...
wine rose long
They are not long, the days of wine and roses.
dream fall home
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...
english-poet sick
And I was desolate and sick of an old passion.