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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.
This World is not Conclusion.
A
Species stands beyond --
Invisible, as Music
But positive, as Sound --
It beckons, and it baffles --
Philosophy -- dont know --
And through a Riddle, at the last --
Sagacity, must go --
To
guess it, puzzles scholars --
To gain it, Men have borne
Contempt of Generations
And Crucifixion, shown --
Faith slips -- and laughs, and rallies --
Blushes, if any see --
Plucks at a twig of Evidence --
And asks a Vane, the way --
Much Gesture, from the Pulpit --
Strong Hallelujahs roll --
Narcotics cannot still the
Tooth
That nibbles at the soul --
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