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? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUT NOW by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ESTRANGEMENT by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SURFACES AND MASKS; 6 by CLARENCE MAJOR SECOND BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 12 by THOMAS CAMPION MONADNOC by RALPH WALDO EMERSON HOME by LEONIDAS OF ALEXANDRIA LACHRYMAE MUSARUM (THE DEATH OF TENNYSON) by WILLIAM WATSON |