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Dowson,
Ernest
Ernest Christopher Dowson, born in Lee, London, was an English poet, novelist and writer of short stories, associated with the Decadent movement.. English poet novelist and writer of short stories associated with the Decadent movement
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Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetat Incohare Longam
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Written by:
Ernest
Dowson
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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.
[The title translates, from the Latin, as
'The brief sum of life forbids us the hope of enduring long'
and is from a work by Horace]
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