“Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.”

— Emily Dickinson

67: Success is counted sweetest
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (1960)
Context: p>Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires a sorest need.Not one of all the purple Host
Who took the Flag today
Can tell the definition
So clear of VictoryAs he defeated — dying —
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Burst agonized and clear!</p

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