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Emily Dickinson

1476

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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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1879

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