According to his friend and fellow Rhymer, Arthur Symons, Ernest Dowson's favourite line of poetry was Poe's, "The viol, the violet and the vine." If so, perhaps Dowson was not merely attracted by the ...

1883, Baycliff, an isolated English village on the Irish Sea. Two women's friendship becomes passion. Cynara, a sculptor, alone, befriends Byron, a visitor who's left Paris in unhappiness. They ride ...

Tina writes meditatively about a“Cynara that exists within us”. She is referring to the poem Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae by Ernest Dowson. I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my ...

Cynara, a sculptor, alone, befriends Byron, a visitor who's left Paris in unhappiness. They ride horses, talk, play chess, and exchanging tenderness. Byron inspires Cynara as she sculpts, Cynara ...