Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae E-book
Author: Ernest Dowson
Genre: Literature, Poetry
Dowson, Ernest (1867-1900) - English poet who lived a brief and reckless
life. He fell in love with a waitress (Dowson's "Cynara") and wrote his best
work for her. "Cynara," unable to understand his verse, ran away with a
waiter and Dowson spent the rest of his life in squalor.
Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae (1896) - The title is from
Horace's Ode IV: "I am not what I was under the reign of the lovely Cynara."
Opening line: Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine ...
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