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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Say, doth she weep for very wantonness?
Or is it that she dimly doth foresee
Across her youth the joys grow less and less,
The burden of the days that are to be:
Autumn and withered leaves and vanity
And winter bringing end in barrenness.

O pray the earth enfold
Our life-sick hearts and turn them into dust.

I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion.

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