Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SWEET, n.

1. Something pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life. A little bitter mingled in our cup, leaves no relish of the sweet. – Locke.
2. A sweet substance; particularly, any vegetable juice which is added to wines to improve them. – Encyc.
3. A perfume. – Prior. Dryden.
4. A word of endearment.
5. Cane juice, melasses, or other sweet vegetable substance. – Edwards, West Indies.