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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
upon the Sky
That does'nt know
it's Name
And has'nt any
Tax to pay
And has'nt any
Home
Is just as high
as you and I,
And higher, I believe,
So soar away and
never sigh
And that's the
way to grieve -
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