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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.
The butterfly obtains
But little sympathy
Though favorably mentioned
In Entomology --
Because he travels freely
And wea[r]s a proper coat
The circumspect are certain
That he is dissolute
Had he the homely scutcheon
Of modest Industry
T'were fitter certifying
For Immortality --
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