#71

Success is counted sweetest

By those who ne’er succeed

To comprehend a nectar

Requires sorest need.

Not one of all of the purple host

Who took the flag to-day

Can tell the definition,

So clear, of victory!

As he, defeated, dying,

On whose forbidden ear

The distant strain of triumph

Burst agonized and clear!

-Emily Dickinson

The day after the district tournament reminds me, 

not everyone wins, 

but to lose with a smile 

is winning, and a far greater 

win at that. 

catherinenglish 03-13-2013