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!
by Emily Dickinson
This is one of my favourite Dickinson poems. The battle means so much more to the dying soldier on the losing side, as he listens to the victorious army who have no such understanding.
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