Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetat Incohare Longam

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Vita Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetat Incohare Longam (translation: "They are not long, the weeping and the laughter") (1896) is the source of the phrase that Dowson coined: "Days of wine and roses."
Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetat Incohare Longam
Simon Luttechuys and Cornelius de Heem, A Roemer with white wine, 17th century 
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.
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