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.
From: http://poetry.elcore.net/CatholicPoets/Dowson/Dowson01.html
Date: 1896
By: Ernest Dowson (1867-1900)
Alternative Title: They Are Not Long
From Troubles of The World 
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