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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 robin is a Gabriel
In humble circumstances
His dress denotes him socially
Of transports'
working classes -
He has the punctuality
Of the New England farmer
The same oblique integrity
A vista - vastly warmer.
A small, but sturdy residence
A self denying household
The guests of perspicacity
Are all that cross his threshold
As covert as a fugitive
Cajoling consternation
By ditties to the enemy
And silvan punctuation -
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