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Ernest Dowson

Ernest Dowson

Ernest Dowson (1867–1900) was an English poet associated with the Decadent movement. His poem "Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae" gave us the phrases "gone wit…

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"Sleep! Cast thy canopy Over this sleeper's brain, Dim grow his memory, When he wake again. Love stays a summer night, Till lights of morning"

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