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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DICTUM SAPIENTI, by CHARLES HENRY WEBB Poet's Biography
First Line: That 'tis well to be off with the old love
Last Line: Before they are off with the old?
Alternate Author Name(s): Paul, John
First Line: That 'tis well to be off with the old love
Last Line: Before they are off with the old?
Alternate Author Name(s): Paul, John
THAT 'tis well to be off with the old love
Before one is on with the new
Has somehow passed into a proverb,—
But I never have found it true.
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?
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