Emily Dickinson Lexicon

bundle (-s), n. [prob. Germanic; see bind, v.]

1. Packet; roll; package; small wrapped parcel; [fig.] item; thing; mass; object; affair; matter.
2. Load; burden; weight; cargo; freight; encumbrance; [metaphor] cross; trial; tribulation; [fig.] life; carcass; mortal body.
3. Pack; knapsack; things; collection of stuff; belongings fastened together for carrying; [metaphor] concern; worry; [fig.] being; character; identity; person; self; spirit; soul; existence; (see 1 Samuel 25:29).