Ernest Dowson

LitCharts guides for works by Ernest Dowson

Explore LitCharts poetry guides for works by Ernest Dowson. Each guide offers line-by-line analysis, exploration of poetic devices, and helpful resources for studying Ernest Dowson's poetry.

Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae

"Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae" is the British poet Ernest Dowson's song of hopeless longing. In the poem, a languishing speaker laments that, no matter how hard he tries to distract ... view guide