No 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!
- Emily Dickinson
Winning is greatest to those
who never come in first
To understand victory
Needs understanding cursed.
Not one of all the winners
Who took away the lives
Can tell the meaning, so clear, of winning
As that is for what he strives.
As he dies after valor shown
on ears not meant to hear
The far-away tune of triumph
made completely clear.
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