  THAT ’tis well to be off with the old love Before one is on with the new Has somehow passed into a proverb,— No love can be quite like the old love, Whate’er may be said for the new— And if you dismiss me, my darling, You may come to this thinking, too. Were the proverb not wiser if mended, And the fickle and wavering told To be sure they’re on with the new love Before they are off with the old? Charles Henry Webb. |
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