Death & Dying
O Mors! Quam Amara Est Memoria Tua Homini Pacem Habenti in Substantiis Suis
From The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson, With a Memoir by Arthur Symons
Exceeding sorrow
Consumeth my sad heart!
Because to-morrow
We must depart,
Now is exceeding sorrow
All my part!
Give over playing,
Cast thy viol away:
Merely laying
Thine head my way:
Prithee, give over playing,
Grave or gay.
Be no word spoken;
Weep nothing: let a pale
Silence, unbroken
Silence prevail!
Prithee, be no word spoken,
Lest I fail!
Forget to-morrow!
Weep nothing: only lay
In silent sorrow
Thine head my way:
Let us forget to-morrow,
This one day!
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MLA
Dowson, Ernest. “O Mors! Quam Amara Est Memoria Tua Homini Pacem Habenti in Substantiis Suis.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dowson/72/.
Chicago
Dowson, Ernest. “O Mors! Quam Amara Est Memoria Tua Homini Pacem Habenti in Substantiis Suis.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dowson/72/.
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