There was another change that Dowson was going to have to get used to
There was another change that Dowson was going to have to get used to: Adelaide Foltinowicz was engaged to be married. Madder Music, Stronger Wine: The Life of Ernest Dowson, … Continue reading
Vachell was elated and agreed to bring Dowson to see Atherton but he was not sure of his ground
Vachell was elated and agreed to bring Dowson to see Atherton but he was not sure of his ground. He said: If I only can. If I can only persuade … Continue reading
Atherton’s friend, another novelist called Horace Annesley Vachell who was at the Gloanec, was distressed to see the state Dowson was in
Atherton’s friend, another novelist called Horace Annesley Vachell who was at the Gloanec, was distressed to see the state Dowson was in. He said: It hurts me to see him … Continue reading
Here Symons remarks that a conventionally happy ending, of marriage, might not have brought the anticipated joys
Here Symons remarks that a conventionally happy ending, of marriage, might not have brought the anticipated joys: But, for the good fortune of poets, things never do go happily with … Continue reading
Dowson begged Moore also to go to see Adelaide: ‘I have broken my heart over her, but she remains, none the less, my sole interest in life.’
Dowson begged Moore also to go to see Adelaide: ‘I have broken my heart over her, but she remains, none the less, my sole interest in life.’ In dedicating Verses … Continue reading
Dowson wrote to Smith that he objected to being wept over
Dowson wrote to Smith that he objected to being wept over. I am not remarkably prosperous nor particularly happy — who is? But I do not go about in Paris … Continue reading
Other verse which seems likely to have been written at this time shows his sense that Adelaide had slipped away from him
Other verse which seems likely to have been written at this time shows his sense that Adelaide had slipped away from him, though his love, which was always redolent of … Continue reading
Paris gave back Dowson some sparks of his old fire
Paris gave back Dowson some sparks of his old fire. He was impoverished, but his correspondence has all the joys of his letters of two years previously. He noted cheerfully … Continue reading
“Unrequited love is the cruellest experience inflicted by people not actually enemies. Dowson was demeaned and humiliated”
“Unrequited love is the cruellest experience inflicted by people not actually enemies. Dowson was demeaned and humiliated, particularly as he recognised deficiencies in Adelaide—and his friends were ever ready to … Continue reading
“So sober an individual as Will Rothenstein, who described Dowson as ‘homeless, miserable and unkempt’, saw without understanding”
“So sober an individual as Will Rothenstein, who described Dowson as ‘homeless, miserable and unkempt’, saw without understanding but his testimony is all the more profound for that. He wrote: … Continue reading
![The Pleasure Lounge is still closed 10 days after the police raids [now a Chinese massage place called White Lily Spa]](https://kingslandrogue.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/woman-stands-in-the-entrance-of-the-white-lily-spa-and-massage-parlor-ftj993.jpg?w=40&h=40&crop=1){kind=small}
Serpent's Egg 
Recent Comments