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Comment 2 of 2, added on December 17th, 2005 at 5:20 PM.
we've discussed this great poem in class not long ago.through this poem DOWSON is telleng to us,young people that we better make a good use of our"days of wine an roses",which is refferred to the days of our youth,'cause according to him(dowson),they might be,in fact there is no tomorrow".these 2 lines"i think they have no portion in us after we pass the gate" simply mean that these beautiful,wonderlful days are no longer coming back,once we die
thierno balde from United States
Comment 1 of 2, added on June 25th, 2005 at 4:11 PM.
I heard of this poem first from its use in the movie, "Laura" starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, et al. Its content was integral to the mind of the character. I asked the Nuns at the Notre Dame school, in Belmont California. to translate and received no reasonable translation!
Clark Jonas from United States
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we've discussed this great poem in class not long ago.through this poem DOWSON is telleng to us,young people that we better make a good use of our"days of wine an roses",which is refferred to the days of our youth,'cause according to him(dowson),they might be,in fact there is no tomorrow".these 2 lines"i think they have no portion in us after we pass the gate" simply mean that these beautiful,wonderlful days are no longer coming back,once we die
thierno balde from United States