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Born in August 2, 1867 / Died in February 23, 1900 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by Ernest Christopher Dowson

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Non Sum Qualis eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae

... All night upon mine heart I felt her warm heart beat, ...

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Rondeau

...   And not less bright than thine her hair ...

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April Love

... We have made no vows - there will none be broke, ...

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Nuns of the Perpetual Adoration

...   These watch the sacred lamp, these watch and pray: ...

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This Libation, Cupid, Take

... Send him visions strange and sweet, ...

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Vesperal

...   Deferred, expected night at last brings sleep and rest: ...

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The Sea-Change

...   When thy fierce caresses blind mine eyes and my limbs grow stark and set, ...

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Ad Manus Puellae

...   But they blush to the tips like a curled sea-shell: ...

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On The Birth Of A Friend's Child

... Mark the day white, on which the Fates have smiled: ...

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Carthusians

...   And one was crowned with thorns, and one was crowned with bays, ...

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De Amore

...   Foiled, frustrate and alone, misunderstood, discrowned, ...

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"You would have understood me, had you waited"

...   Nay, let this earth, your portion, likewise cover ...

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Saint Germain-En-Laye

...   Gaunt ghosts that flutter where thy feet have sped, ...

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Impentitent Ultima

... "   Her pitiful hands should calm, and her hair stream down and blind me, ...

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Vain Hope

...   Shall change, grow soft: there yet is time, meseems, ...