Love
New Love and Old
From Rivers to the Sea
Love
In my heart the old love
Struggled with the new;
It was ghostly waking
All night thru.
Dear things, kind things,
That my old love said,
Ranged themselves reproachfully
Round my bed.
But I could not heed them,
For I seemed to see
The eyes of my new love
Fixed on me.
Old love, old love,
How can I be true?
Shall I be faithless to myself
Or to you?
Cite this poem
MLA
Teasdale, Sara. “New Love and Old.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/2/.
Chicago
Teasdale, Sara. “New Love and Old.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/2/.
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