Days of Wine and Roses (disambiguation)
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The phrase "Days of Wine and Roses" is the title of:
- A popular quotation from the poem "Vitae Summa Brevis" by the English writer Ernest Dowson (1867-1900).
- A 1962 film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Jack Lemmon
- A popular song composed for the film by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer
- The Days of Wine and Roses, an album by Dream Syndicate
The full phrase reads:
- 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.