260 <br /> <br />Read—Sweet—how others—strove— <br />Till we—are stouter— <br />What they—renounced— <br />Till we—are less afraid— <br />How many times they—bore the faithful witness— <br />Till we—are helped— <br />As if a Kingdom—cared! <br /> <br />Read then—of faith— <br />That shone above the fagot— <br />Clear strains of Hymn <br />The River could not drown— <br />Brave names of Men— <br />And Celestial Women— <br />Passed out—of Record <br />Into—Renown!<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/read-sweet-how-others-strove/
