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

Emily Dickinson

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Topic

Success

Author

Emily Dickinson

Source

Success is Counted Sweetest Brooklyn Daily Union

Medium

Poem Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Dickinson, Emily, [published anonymously]. "Success is Counted Sweetest." Brooklyn Daily Union, 27 April 1864, I. 1.

Current Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "Success is Counted Sweetest." Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, edited by Cristanne Miller. Belknap Press, 2016, I. 1.

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Medium
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Language
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Time
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