ERNEST DOWSON(1867-1900)

A Poem With Some Connection To Today

I

After dropping out of college,

I started to chase little girls,

becoming depressed,

when half my age,

they said 'No'.

But I had written

so pretty poems

to them, like Dante!

My parents then having

killed themselves,

there was nothing left

but to do like I had written:

Drink and die.

II

Finally

I was a proper

Cursed Poet!

17.11.2017