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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.
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A Wife - at Daybreak
I shall be -
Sunrise - Hast thou
a Flag for me?
At Midnight, I am
but a Maid,
How short it takes to
make it Bride -
Then, Midnight, I have
passed from thee
Unto the East, and
Victory -
Midnight - Good night!
I hear them call -
The Angels bustle in
the Hall -
Softly my Future climbs
the Stair,
I fumble at my Childhood's
prayer
So soon to be a Child
no more -
Eternity, I'm coming -
Sir,
Savior - I've seen
the face - before!
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