Success is counted sweetest
-- E. 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 today
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! http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t/Military/62432487.html
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when this poem was written, the civil war was only a few years ahead.
【在 A******u 的大作中提到】 : Success is counted sweetest : -- E. 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 today : Can tell the definition : So clear of victory
