Emily Dickinson Lexicon

youth, n. [OE; see young.] (webplay: days, first, life, yearly).

1. Newness; freshness; prime of life; [fig.] restoration; renovation; resurrection; new life; eternal existence; everlasting state of being; glorified and perfected body.
2. Youngness; early adulthood; optimal age; [fig.] beginning; commencement; genesis.