Arthur Symons’s memoir of his friend opens this collection, recalling a gifted, self-destroying young man of the 1890s. The poems follow, including “Nuns of the Perpetual Adoration”, the famous “Non sum qualis eram” with its line about Cynara, and “Vitae summa brevis”, along with Dowson’s prose.
Essential for anyone drawn to the poets of the Rhymers’ Club and the English fin de siècle. Download the free EPUB.