Wine and woman and song, <br />Three things garnish our way: <br />Yet is day over long. <br /> <br />Lest we do our youth wrong, <br />Gather them while we may: <br />Wine and woman and song. <br /> <br />Three things render us strong, <br />Vine leaves, kisses and bay: <br />Yet is day over long. <br /> <br />Unto us they belong, <br />Us the bitter and gay, <br />Wine and women and song. <br /> <br />We, as we pass along, <br />Are sad that they will not stay; <br />Yet is day over long. <br /> <br />Fruits and flowers among, <br />What is better than they: <br />Wine and women and song? <br />Yet is day over long.<br /><br />Ernest Christopher Dowson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/villanelle-of-the-poet-s-road/
