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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.
I see thee clearer for the Grave
That took thy face between
No mirror could illumine thee
Like that impassive stone -
I know thee better for the act
That made thee first unknown
The stature of the empty nest
Attests the Bird that's gone
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