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OF TRIBULATION THESE ARE THEY by EMILY DICKINSON

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Last Line: "And all we said — was ""Saved""!"
Subject(s): SALVATION;
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 Ankle barely passed -
When Night devoured the Road -
But we - stood whispering in the House -
And all we said - was "Saved"!


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