'Success is counted sweetest'

by Emily Dickinson

 

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 !
 
Emily Dickinson | Classic Poems
 

[ Because I could not stop for Death ] [ I heard a Fly buzz-when I died ] [ I cannot live with You ] [ I died for Beauty- but was scarce ] [ It was not Death, for I stood up ] [ My life closed twice before its close ] [ Success is counted sweetest ]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


 

 

 
 
 
 

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