His voice decrepit was with Joy by Emily Dickinson

От счастья голосом ослаб...
Её дрожала речь...
Сколь стары новости любви
в стомлённость рот облечь...
Журчанья миг,- раз песню петь
в утехах ли, в скорбях, 
иль в ужасе,- украсит столь
бледнейший вид в речах... 

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Ещё один, неправильный, "красиво-мажорный"
вариант (Эмили сказала грустнее, и не с таким
смыслом):
         
От счастья голосом ослаб...
Дрожала речь её...
Как давни новости любви -
слов выказать старьё...
Круженья миг,- раз песню петь
с восторгом ли, с тоской,
иль с ужасом,- украсит так
всю бледность встречи той...
 


(Эмили - о моменте их взаимных объяснений
при встрече с Отисом Лордом,
который был одним из адресатов её любовных стихов.
{Отис Филипс Лорд (1812-1884)
Otis Phillips Lord, American jurist, state legislator.
member lower house Massachusetts Legislature, 1847-1848;
member Massachusetts Senate, 1849;
member Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1853-1854,
speaker, 1854.}

[David Preest:
If this poem refers to Emily’s own life, the couple
concerned are probably Emily and Judge Lord. A few months
later Emily wrote a letter (L656) to her cousins saying that
Mr Lord ‘remained a week’ in Amherst. On the occasion
described in the poem their conversation began ‘with Glee.’
But then they exchanged ‘the News of Love’ (perhaps said they
loved each other or he asked her to marry him) and were both
completely overcome by this. Emily is not sure whether this
exchange is a ‘Delight’ for her, or a ‘Woe’ or a ‘Terror.’
This is a typical reaction from one who in poem 1456 wondered
whether Beauty was an Affliction.]

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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 --