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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 rat is the concisest tenant
He pays no rent
Repudiates the obligation
On schemes intent -
Balking our wit
To sound or circumvent
Hate cannot harm
A Foe so reticent
Or decree prohibit him
Lawful as Equilibrium -
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