Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SLUM'BER
SLUM'BER, n.
- Light sleep; sleep not deep or sound. From carelessness it shall settle into slumber, and from slumber it shall settle into a deep and long sleep. – South.
- Sleep; repose. Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes. – Dryden.
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