Vitae Summa Brevis
Ernest Dowson
1867 to 1900
Track 1
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Out of a misty dream
Love and desire and hate:
Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetat Incohare Longam
We pass the gate.
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
I think they have no portion in us after
Within a dream.
The brief sum of life forbids us the hope of enduring long. –Horace
They are not long, the days of wine and roses:
They are not long, the weeping and the laughter,
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