THE POEMS AND PROSE OF ERNEST
DOWSON
ERNEST DOWSON ET AL∗
THE POEMS AND PROSE
OF
ERNEST DOWSON
with a MEMOIR by ARTHUR SYMONS
CONTENTS
MEMOIR. By Arthur Symons
POEMS
IN PREFACE: FOR ADELAIDE
A CORONAL
VERSES:
Nuns of the Perpetual Adoration
Villanelle of Sunset
My Lady April
To One in Bedlam
Ad Domnulam Suam
Amor Umbratilis
Amor Profanus
Villanelle of Marguerites
Yvonne of Brittany
Benedictio Domini
Growth
Ad Manus Puellae
Flos Lunae
Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae
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Vanitas
Exile
Spleen
O Mors! quam amara est memoria tua homini pacem
habenti in substantiis suis
”You would have understood me, had you waited”
April Love
Vain Hope
Vain Resolves
A Requiem
Beata Solitudo
Terre Promise
Autumnal
In Tempore Senectutis
Villanelle of his Lady’s Treasures
Gray Nights
Vesperal
The Garden of Shadow
Soli cantare periti Arcades
On the Birth of a Friend’s Child
Extreme Unction
Amantium Irae
Impenitentia Ultima
A Valediction
Sapientia Lunae
”Cease smiling, Dear! a little while be sad”
Seraphita
Epigram
Quid non speremus, Amantes?
Chanson sans Paroles
THE PIERROT OF THE MINUTE
DECORATIONS:
Beyond
De Amore
The Dead Child
Carthusians
The Three Witches
Villanelle of the Poet’s Road
Villanelle of Acheron
Saint Germain-en-Laye
After Paul Verlaine-I
After Paul Verlaine-II
After Paul Verlaine-III
After Paul Verlaine-IV
To his Mistress
Jadis
In a Breton Cemetery
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To William Theodore Peters on his Renaissance Cloak
The Sea-Change
Dregs
A Song
Breton Afternoon
Venite Descendamus
Transition
Exchanges
To a Lady asking Foolish Questions
Rondeau
Moritura
Libera Me
To a Lost Love
Wisdom
In Spring
A Last Word
PROSE
THE DIARY OF A SUCCESSFUL MAN
A CASE OF CONSCIENCE
AN ORCHESTRAL VIOLIN
SOUVENIRS OF AN EGOIST
THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
ERNEST DOWSON was born in 1867 at Lea, in Kent, England. Most of
his life
was spent in France. He died February 21, 1900.
The poems in this volume were published at varying intervals from his
Oxford days at Queens College to the time of his death. The prose works
here inc