The Poems of Ernest Dowson. Dowson Ernest Christopher

      The Poems

      of Ernest Dowson

      by

      Ernest Dowson

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      Contents

       The Poems of Ernest Dowson

       Ernest Dowson

       ERNEST DOWSON

       I

       II

       III

       IN PREFACE: FOR ADELAIDE

       VERSES

       A CORONAL

       NUNS OF THE PERPETUAL ADORATION

       VILLANELLE OF SUNSET

       MY LADY APRIL

       TO ONE IN BEDLAM

       AD DOMNULAM SUAM

       AMOR UMBRATILIS

       AMOR PROFANUS

       VILLANELLE OF MARGUERITE’S

       YVONNE OF BRITTANY

       YVONNE OF BRITTANY

       BENEDICTIO DOMINI

       GROWTH

       AD MANUS PUELLAE

       FLOS LUNAE

       NON SUM QUALIS ERAM BONAE SUB REGNO CYNARAE

       VANITAS

       EXILE

       SPLEEN

       O MORS! QUAM AMARA EST MEMORIA TUA HOMINI PACEM HABENTI IN SUBSTANTIIS SUIS

       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

       IMPENITENT ULTIMA

       A VALEDICTION

       SAPIENTIA LUNAE

       SERAPHITA

       EPIGRAM

       QUID NON SUPREMUS, AMANTES?

       CHANSON SANS PAROLES

       THE PIERROT OF THE MINUTE

       THE MOON MAIDEN’S SONG

       DECORATIONS

       BEYOND

       DE