Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part Four: Time and Eternity
LXXIX
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| OF tribulation these are they | |
| Denoted by the white; | |
| The spangled gowns, a lesser rank | |
| Of victors designate. | |
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| All these did conquer; but the ones | 5 |
| Who overcame most times | |
| Wear nothing commoner than snow, | |
| No ornament but palms. | |
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| Surrender is a sort unknown | |
| On this superior soil; | 10 |
| Defeat, an outgrown anguish, | |
| Remembered as the mile | |
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| Our panting ankle barely gained | |
| When night devoured the road; | |
| But we stood whispering in the house, | 15 |
| And all we said was “Saved!” | |
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