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               VITAE SUMMA BREVIS SPEM NOS VETAT INCOHARE LONGAM

                                by Ernest Dowson








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VITAE SUMMA BREVIS SPEM NOS VETAT INCOHARE LONGAM
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      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.
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      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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                          THE END