Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne’er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.

Not one of all the purple Host
Who took the Flag today
Can tell the definition
So clear of Victory

As he defeated – dying –
On how forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Burst agonized and clear!

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Success is counted sweetest read by Alexandra Dowling
Success is counted sweetest read by Juliet Stevenson
Success is counted sweetest read by Lindsay Duncan
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Success is counted sweetest read by Alexandra Dowling
Success is counted sweetest read by Juliet Stevenson
Success is counted sweetest read by Lindsay Duncan
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