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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 Came to buy
a smile - today -
But just a single
smile -
The smallest one opon
your face
Will suit me just
as well -
The one that no one
else would miss
It shone so very small -
I'm pleading at
the "counter" - Sir -
Could you afford to sell -
I've Diamonds - on my fingers -
You know what
Diamonds are?
I've Rubies - like
the Evening Blood -
And Topaz - like
the star!
'Twould be "a Bargain"
for a Jew
Say - May I have
it - Sir?
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