I cried for madder music and for stronger wine, But when th… - Ernest Dowson

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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.

Ernest Dowson

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Ernest Christopher Dowson (2 August 1867 – 23 February 1900) was an English poet associated with the Decadent Movement.

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Native Name: Ernest Christopher Dowson

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I have forgot much, Cynara! gone with the wind,
Flung roses, roses riotously with the throng.

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?

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

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