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Ernest Dowson quotes: I was not sorrowful, but only tiredOf everything that ever I desired.

I was not sorrowful, but only tired
Of everything that ever I desired.

Ernest Dowson quotes: Ah, God, that sweet things should decline,And fires fade out which were not cold,"-from "Jadis

Ah, God, that sweet things should decline,
And fires fade out which were not cold,"
-from "Jadis

Ernest Dowson quotes: They are not long, the days of wine and roses:Out of a misty dreamOur path emerges for awhile, then closesWithin a dream.

They are not long, the days of wine and roses:
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for awhile, then closes
Within a dream.

Ernest Dowson quotes: And I was desolate and sick of an old passion.

And I was desolate and sick of an old passion.

Ernest Dowson quotes: I understand that absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.

I understand that absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.

Ernest Dowson quotes: Yea! for our roses fade, the world is wild;But there, beside the altar, there, is rest.-from Nuns of the Perpetual Adoration

Yea! for our roses fade, the world is wild;
But there, beside the altar, there, is rest.
-from Nuns of the Perpetual Adoration

Ernest Dowson quotes: To hell with sense! We're all crazy. What do we want with sense?

To hell with sense! We're all crazy. What do we want with sense?

Ernest Dowson quotes: I cried for madder music and for stronger wine ...

I cried for madder music and for stronger wine ...

Ernest Dowson quotes: 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 weeping and the laughter. Love and desire and hate; I think they have no portion in us after We pass the gate.