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Old Love


New love buds on climbing vine;
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  Old love swims in backwash wine;
Spring love—lobsters in a pot—;
  Winter love is not so hot.


Young love is, however, tender;
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  Old love's brave in grief or splendor;
Short love's death is fast as birth;
  Long love's sureness shows its worth.







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