Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BE-SIDES', or BE-SIDE', adv.

Moreover; more than that; over and above; distinct from; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned. Besides, you know not what is the fate of your friend. / The men said to Lot, Hast thou here any besides? – Gen. xix. To all beside, as much an empty shade, / An Eugene living, as a Cesar dead. – Pope. These sentences may be considered as elliptical.