Success by Emily Dickinson

Success

                           Emily 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
Break,  agonized and clear!