Now old desire doth in his death-bed lie,
And young affection gapes to be his heir.
– William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Prologue. The Chorus personifies Romeo’s "old desire" for Rosaline by comparing it to an old person on his deathbed. And Romeo’s new love for Juliet is personified as being like an heir waiting to inherit what the old person leaves behind.