Ernest Christopher Dowson

Ernest Christopher Dowson
Ernest Christopher Dowson (1867–1900) was an English poet, novelist, and short-story writer associated with the Decadent movement. Known for his melancholic and lyrical style, he is famous for coining the phrase "days of wine and roses" in his poem "Vitae Summa Brevis." Dowson's works, such as "Dilemmas" and "Adelaide," often explore themes of unrequited love, mortality, and spiritual disillusionment. His life was marked by personal tragedy and ill health, leading to his early death at the age of 32.

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CHAPTER I In that intricate and obscure locality, which stretches between the Tower and Poplar, a tarry region, scarcely suspected by the majority of Londoners, to whom the "Port of London" is an expression purely geographical, there is, or was not many years ago, to be found a certain dry dock called Blackpool, but better known from time immemorial to skippers and longshoremen, and all who go... more...

ERNEST DOWSON I The death of Ernest Dowson will mean very little to the world at large, but it will mean a great deal to the few people who care passionately for poetry. A little book of verses, the manuscript of another, a one-act play in verse, a few short stories, two novels written in collaboration, some translations from the French, done for money; that is all that was left by a man who was... more...