Question

Ernest Dowson - Non Sum Qualis...Explore2: x3All night upon mine heart I felt her warm heart beat,Night-long within mine ams in love and sleep she lay;Surely the kisses of her bought red mouth were sweet;But I was desolate and sick of an old passion,

Accepted Answer

•elongated vowels "love" and "sweet" - temporary contentment found in sexual intimacy •'bought' overt about prostitution (bring in context)•seeking solace in physical comfort when our spirit aches and we feel bereft (deprived or lacking) - and that ultimately failing to heal (as proven in the use of present tense last stanza 'I am desolate')

Front	Ernest Dowson - Non Sum Qualis... Explore2: x3 All night upon mine heart I felt her warm heart beat, Night-long within mine ams in love and sleep she lay; Surely the kisses of her bought red mouth were sweet; But I was desolate and sick of an old passion,
Back	•elongated vowels "love" and "sweet" - temporary contentment found in sexual intimacy •'bought' overt about prostitution (bring in context) •seeking solace in physical comfort when our spirit aches and we feel bereft (deprived or lacking) - and that ultimately failing to heal (as proven in the use of present tense last stanza 'I am desolate')

Mine Heart I Ernest Dowson Sum Qualis Explore2