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> [“I was not sorrowful, but only tired Of everything that ever I desired.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-dowson/i-was-not-sorrowful-but-only-tired-of-everything-that-ever-i-desired/)

[Ernest Dowson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-dowson/)

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> [“I am not sorrowful but I am tired Of everything that I ever desired.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-dowson/i-am-not-sorrowful-but-i-am-tired-of-everything-that-i-ever-desired/)

[Ernest Dowson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-dowson/)

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## More by Ernest Dowson

> [I cried for madder music and for stronger wine, But when the feast is finished and the lamps expire, Then falls thy shadow, Cynara!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-dowson/i-cried-for-madder-music-and-for-stronger-wine-but-when-the-feast-is/)

[Ernest Dowson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-dowson/)

> [“I have forgot much, Cynara! gone with the wind, Flung roses, roses riotously with the throng, Dancing, to put thy pale, lost lilies out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-dowson/i-have-forgot-much-cynara-gone-with-the-wind-flung-roses-roses/)

[Ernest Dowson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-dowson/)

> [Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine There fell thy shadow, Cynara! thy breath was shed Upon my soul between the kisses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-dowson/last-night-ah-yesternight-betwixt-her-lips-and-mine-there-fell-thy/)

[Ernest Dowson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-dowson/)

> [“Yea! for our roses fade, the world is wild; But there, beside the altar, there, is rest. -from "Nuns of the Perpetual Adoration”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-dowson/yea-for-our-roses-fade-the-world-is-wild-but-there-beside-the-altar/)

[Ernest Dowson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-dowson/)

> [“I was not sorrowful, but only tired Of everything that ever I desired.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-dowson/i-was-not-sorrowful-but-only-tired-of-everything-that-ever-i-desired/)

[Ernest Dowson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-dowson/)

> [I understand that absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-dowson/i-understand-that-absinthe-makes-the-tart-grow-fonder/)

[Ernest Dowson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-dowson/)

> [They are not long, the days of wine and roses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-dowson/they-are-not-long-the-days-of-wine-and-roses/)

[Ernest Dowson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-dowson/)

> [“Say, doth she weep for very wantonness? Or is it that she dimly doth foresee Across her youth the joys grow less and less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-dowson/say-doth-she-weep-for-very-wantonness-or-is-it-that-she-dimly-doth/)

[Ernest Dowson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-dowson/)

> [“AUTUMNAL Pale amber sunlight falls across The reddening October trees, That hardly sway before a breeze As soft as summer: summer's loss Seems little,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-dowson/autumnal-pale-amber-sunlight-falls-across-the-reddening-october-trees/)

[Ernest Dowson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-dowson/)

> [I cried for madder music and for stronger wine...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-dowson/i-cried-for-madder-music-and-for-stronger-wine/)

[Ernest Dowson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-dowson/)

> [“I am not sorrowful but I am tired Of everything that I ever desired.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-dowson/i-am-not-sorrowful-but-i-am-tired-of-everything-that-i-ever-desired/)

[Ernest Dowson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-dowson/)

> [“They are not long, the days of wine and roses: Out of a misty dream Our path emerges for awhile, then closes Within a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-dowson/they-are-not-long-the-days-of-wine-and-roses-out-of-a-misty-dream-our/)

[Ernest Dowson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-dowson/)

> [And I was desolate and sick of an old passion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-dowson/and-i-was-desolate-and-sick-of-an-old-passion/)

[Ernest Dowson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-dowson/)

> [“They are not long, the weeping and the laughter, Love and desire and hate: I think they have no portion in us after We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-dowson/they-are-not-long-the-weeping-and-the-laughter-love-and-desire-and/)

[Ernest Dowson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-dowson/)

> [“Ah, Lalage! while life is ours, Hoard not thy beauty rose and white, But pluck the pretty fleeing flowers That deck our little path…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-dowson/ah-lalage-while-life-is-ours-hoard-not-thy-beauty-rose-and-white-but/)

[Ernest Dowson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-dowson/)

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