Friday, 16 May 2025

They Are Not Long - Ernest Dowson


Vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam.


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.

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