The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998
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Of Tribulation, these are They,Denoted by the White - The Spangled Gowns, a lesser Rank 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 Ancle barely passed - When Night devoured the Road - But we - stood whispering in the House -And all we said - was "Saved"!