Ernest Dowson quotes

I understand that absinthe makes the tart grow fonder. (Ernest Dowson)
They are not long, the days of wine and roses. View quote
Ernest Dowson
And I was desolate and sick of an old passion. View quote
Ernest Dowson
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. View quote
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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. View quote
Ernest Dowson
I cried for madder music and for stronger wine. View quote
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I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion. View quote
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O pray the earth enfold Our life-sick hearts and turn them into dust. View quote
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I have forgot much, Cynara! gone with the wind, Flung roses, roses riotously with the throng. View quote
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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.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. View quote
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Better than mortal flowers, Thy moon-kissed roses seem. (Ernest Dowson)
When this, our rose, is faded, And these, our days, are done, In lands profoundly shaded From tempest and from sun: Ah, once more come together, Shall we forgive the past, And safe from worldly weather Possess our souls at last? View quote
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The fairest face of all is the face I have not seen. View quote
Ernest Dowson