His voice decrepit was with Joy --

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His voice decrepit was with Joy -- by Emily Dickinson

 His voice decrepit was with Joy --
Her words did totter so
How old the News of Love must be
To make Lips elderly
That purled a moment since with Glee --
Is it Delight or Woe --
Or Terror -- that do decorate
This livid interview --

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