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Browse alphabetically through more than 9,000 words in Dickinson’s poetry, as defined in the Emily Dickinson Lexicon, based in part on her dictionary, Webster's 1844 American Dictionary of the English Language.
A curious Cloud surprised
the Sky,
'Twas like a sheet with
Horns;
The sheet was Blue -
The Antlers Gray -
It almost touched the
Lawns.
So low it leaned - then
statelier drew -
And trailed like robes away;
A Queen adown a satin
aisle,
Had not the majesty.
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