Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ravished, verbal adj. [see ravish, v.] (webplay: children, flood, rapture).

1. Afflicted by sublimity; devastated by beauty; distressed by an excess of joy; [fig.] grieving; sorrowing.
2. Delightful; beautiful; gorgeous; awe-inspiring; dazzling; overwhelming; transporting.
3. Abducted; removed; translated; [fig.] otherworldly; transferred to another existence.