Poetry Quote by Ernest Dowson — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Ah, Lalage! while life is ours,”

“They are not long, the days of wine and roses:”

“I was not sorrowful, but only tired”

“Cheap little rhymes”

“They say that I am a poet”

“I know how you feel because I’ve been there too. I’ve hated and I’ve loved. I’ve seen my demons root and crawl and my angels branch and soar. I've died within myself and lived a thousand different lives. I too fight the same war and I too am drowning in the puddles of self-consciousness this world created.”

“Sometimes he did not know if he slept or just thought about sleep.”

“There is nothing at all that can be talked about adequately, and the whole art of poetry is to say what can't be said.”

“the goal is not to heal”