Success is counted sweetest <br />By those who ne'er succeed. <br />To comprehend a nectar <br />Requires sorest need. <br /> <br />Not one of all the purple Host <br />Who took the Flag today <br />Can tell the definition <br />So clear of Victory <br /> <br />As he defeated--dying-- <br />On whose forbidden ear <br />The distant strains of triumph <br />Burst agonized and clear!<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/success-is-counted-sweetest/
