Old Love and New

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In my heart the old love 
 Struggled with the new, 
It was ghostly waking 
 All night through. 

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 
Dark 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?

© Sara Teasdale