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Success is counted sweetest - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Success is counted sweetest

By Emily DickinsonSource: Emily Dickinson - PoetryDB (Public Domain)Short44 words

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...

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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!