Emily Dickinson Lexicon

NYMPH, n. [L. nympha; Gr. νυμγη.]

1. In mythology, a goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows and waters. According to the ancients, all the world was full of nymphs, some terrestrial, others celestial; and these had names assigned to them according to their place of residence, of the parts of the world over which they were supposed to preside. Encyc.
2. In poetry, a lady. Waller.