Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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Attendants, or a train of people; following, chiefly on a journey or excursion. 171/169 Full royal is his Retinue!

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To withdraw; to retreat; to depart or go away. 1693/1709 The Sun retired to a cloud

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Finish; terminus; coda; gradual withdrawal; [fig.] finale; closing curtain; concluding act; departure from a stage; [metaphor] sunset. 243/257 just the miles of Stare – / That signalize a Show's Retreat

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To recover; to regain; to obtain again a lost object. 908/832 'Twas not thy wont, to hinder so – / Retrieve thine industry

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A looking back on things past; hindsight. 1271/1313 September's Baccalaureate … Of Crickets – Crows – and Retrospects

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The act of looking back on things past; remembering. 886/934 Our Retrospection of Them

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Coming back to a state of honor or respect. 973/900 An Ancient fashioned Heart … It only moved as do the Suns – / For merit of Return

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Come back; reappear after a separation; [fig.] live again; rise in the resurrection. 5/4 that Bird of mine / Though flown … will return.

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Reappearance; [fig.] coming back to mortality. 93/72 This humble Tourist rose! / Did not talk of returning!

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Uncover; highlight; expose by light something previously obscure or concealed. 1173/1140 Apparatus of the Dark … revealed.

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Light; sight; vision; illumination; [fig.] reality; recognition; new knowledge. 300/191 Morning means … Just Revelation – to the Beloved

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Apocalypse; [fig.] Bible; prophecies; scriptures; revealed word of God. 168/179 Those who read the “Revelations” / Must not criticize

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A burst of intense activity 1327/1328 Between its Rumor and its Face – / Is almost Revelry “

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Solemn; expressing reverence or veneration. 932/1062 My constant – reverential Face

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Misfortune; deprivation; [fig.] trouble; trial; affliction; difficulty. 395/565 Reverse cannot befall / That fine Prosperity / Whose Sources are interior

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Invert; turn upside down; switch the position of. 378/633 The Earth reversed her Hemispheres

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Look back on. 302/408 Her memories like Strains – Review “

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Visiting again. 1167/1174 Revisiting my late abode

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A change in the constitution of government. 295/300 Feet, small as mine – have marched in Revolution

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Fruit of men's labor. 443/522 Therefore – we do life's labor – / Though life's Reward – be done “

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Chief river in Germany; Western Europe waterway with its source in the Alps; river of love. 123/107 Many cross the Rhine / In this cup of mine.

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Outrageous language. 1701/1744 No ribaldry may creep

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Thin strip of cloth, usually silk or satin. 1150/1326 He varied by a Ribbon's width

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Wealthy. 181/209 A Rich man – might not notice it “

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Wealth. 299/418 Your Riches – taught me – Poverty.