Over 50 years ago, I read a poem in a "soft cover" anthology which may
have been published by Pocket Books, probably composed by an English
or American author. I have been unable to "find" it again. I do not
recall the author, title, or first line. Here is the portion I recall.
Every word may not be correct, but probably is:

"But we who do not drug ourselves with lies
Know with how deep a pathos
We have only the warmth and beauty if this life
Before the blankness (?) of unending doom (or gloom).
 Here, but for a little while, we smell (or see) the grapes growing on
terraced hills...

Local libraries have searched without success

Hello.

The author is Richard Aldington. The poem is called "Epilogue," and
it's the final poem of a series called "Images of Desire."

"Have I spoken too much or not enough of love?
Who can tell?
But we who do not drug ourselves with lies
Know, with how deep a pathos, that we have
Only the warmth and beauty of this life
Before the blankness of unending gloom.
Here for a little while we see the sun
And smell the grape-vines on the terraced hills,
And sing and weep, fight, starve and feast, and love
Lips and soft breasts too sweet for innocence.
And in this little glow of mortal life-
Faint as one candle in a large cold room-
We know the clearest light is shed by love,
That when we kiss with life-blood in our lips,
Then we are nearest to the dreamed-of gods."

From: The Complete Poems of Richard Aldington, London: Allan Wingate
(1948), p. 148. This volume is widely available at libraries. Numerous
used copies are listed by Abebooks.com, including this one:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/abe/BookDetails?bi=103247378

Search strategy: "drug ourselves" on findarticles.com produced a
reference to Aldington's poem in an article about Aldous Huxley by
Ronald Hope in Contemporary Review:
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2242/1621_278/71712195/p5/article.jhtml?term=drug+ourselves

I hope this helps.

CONGRATULATIONS! Great Job! Seattle & Santa Barbara libraries and two
great university English Dept's, and others, failed where you
succeeded. Would be facinating to know more about your methods.
JohnAllerton:jallerton@iopener.net   206-285-7473
This is a great service!