Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetat Incohare Longam*

      They are not long, the weeping and the laughter,
      Love and desire and hate:
      I think they have no portion in us after
      We pass the gate.

      They are not long, the days of wine and roses:
      Out of a misty dream
      Our path emerges for a while, then closes
      Within a dream.


      Ernest Dowson


* Horácio