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POEMS. 227
XXXIX.
SAVED !
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 ankle barely gained When night devoured the road ; But we stood whispering in the house, And all we said was " Saved " !
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