#67

“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 those forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Burst agonized and clear!” (Dickinson, 1997: 3).

DICKINSON, Emily (1997). Everyman's Poetry. London: Orion Publishing Group.