Emily Dickinson

Success Is Counted Sweetest

Success is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Not one of all the purple Host Who took the Flag today Can tell the definition So clear of Victory As he defeated–dying– On whose forbidden ear The distant strains of triumph Burst agonized and clear!

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