Poems, Second Series

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Author: Emily Dickinson  | Date: 1891

XXXIX.

OF tribulation these are they

Denoted by the white;

The spangled gowns, a lesser rand

Of victors designate.

All these did conquer; but the ones

Who overcame most times

Wear nothing commoner than snow,

No ornament but palms.

Surrender is a sort unknown

On this superior soil;

Defeat, an outgrown anguish,

Remembered as the mile

Our panting ankle barely gained

When night devoured the road;

But we stood whispering in the house,

And all we said was "Saved"!

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