ERNEST DOWSON

Vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam

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.

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.