Silent Lament From Dowson Poem Quoted In Fortnightly
A fragment from Ernest Dowson appears in Fortnightly with lines urging silence and sorrow. The verses beg no words be spoken and to forget tomorrow while yielding a somber, elegiac mood.
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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
8
A fragment from Ernest Dowson appears in Fortnightly with lines urging silence and sorrow. The verses beg no words be spoken and to forget tomorrow while yielding a somber, elegiac mood.
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