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Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae is the most famous of Ernest Dowson’s poems . In the poem, the speaker addresses Cynara, telling her that last night, as he was kissing another woman, the shadow of Cynara fell between them . In other words, Dowson’s speaker was kissing somebody but thinking of somebody else . He feels alone and is sick to the stomach because of the ‘old passion’ he bears for Cynara . The two refrains, But I was desolate and sick of an old passion and I have been faithful to thee, Cynara ! in my fashion recur in each of the four stanzas, beginning here .