| Poems by Women |
Vintage (A Girl's Songs)
Heartbreak that is too new
Can not be
used to make
Beauty that will startle;
That takes an old
heartbreak.
Old heartbreaks are old wine.
Too new to pour is mine.
From: Rittenhouse, Jessie B.
The Second Book of Modern Verse (1919).
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This collection assembled by Jone Johnson Lewis.
Collection © 1999-2002 Jone Johnson Lewis.
Citing poems from these pages:
| Author. "Poem Title." Women's History: Poems by Women. Jone Johnson Lewis, editor. URL: (date of logon) |
