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Subject: Days of wine and roses by Ernest Dowson ( musical sound poem)


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jim clark..London..England
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Date Posted: 17:00:30 03/01/03 Sat

Poor sad brilliant Ernest Dowson 1867 - 1900 born in Kent who his friend W B Yeats described as 'timid, silent and a little melancholy' spent the last 5 years of his life after both his parents commited suicide in 1895 drifting aimlesly between France and England until his death through alcoholism at the young age of 33 .his legacy of poems were to contribute two great phrases to the English language "Gone with the wind" from his poem " Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae"(I am not as I was under the reign of the good Cynara - Horace)and from this poem originaly called "Vitae Summa Brevis" , (The brief sum of life forbids us the hope of enduring long - Horace)"Days of wine and roses".....heres the link to the page with the sound file...
http://groups.msn.com/acousticmusiciansandpoetssoundarchive/poetrysounds.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=259

Regards.

Jim Clark.
PS..Dont forget you can if you prefer listen to my sound poems at my Yahoo "sound poetry" web group (look in "files") heres that link
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bloozman_uk/


All rights are reserved on this sound recording/copyright/patent Jim Clark 2003

Days of wine and roses

THEY are not long, the weeping and the laughter,
Love and desire and hate:
I think they have no portion in us after
We pass the gate.

They are not long, the days of wine and roses:
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
Within a dream.

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