April Love
by: Ernest Dowson
Ernest Christopher Dowson Bibliography
Ernest Christopher Dowson was a poet, story writer and novelist. Mainly remembered for his poetry from the late 1800s. He grew up in france and was very familiar with the french language. Like many other poets from this time he was very inspired by old french poetry. Ernest also had a great-uncle who was a poet, who also had an impact on Ernest's style of writing. In 1887 Ernest left Queen's College, Oxford without taking a degree. He then converted to Roman Catholicism.
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April Love
We have walked in Love's land a little way,
We have learnt his lesson a little while,
And shall we not part at the end of day,
With a sigh, a smile?
A little while in the shine of the sun,
We were twined together, joined lips, forgot
How the shadows fall when the day is done,
And when Love is not.
We have made no vows--there will none be broke,
Our love was free as the wind on the hill,
There was no word said we need wish unspoke,
We have wrought no ill.
So shall we not part at the end of day,
Who have loved and lingered a little while,
Join lips for the last time, go our way,
With a sigh, a smile?