Thursday, November 16, 2006

Success is counted sweetest

Poet: 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 to-day
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!

2 comments:

  1. the best english poem i've read (agreed, not too many) is by emily dickinson, but i forgot both the name and what it is about. was short, something in the style of this one. would like to find it again. do you know by any chance which one i mean?
    :)

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