Question

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(b) Succes is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed
To comprehend a nector
Requires sotest need.​

Answer 1

To understand the value of a nectar, the speaker says, one must feel “sorest need.” She says that the members of the victorious army (“the purple Host / Who took the flag today”) are not able to define victory as well as the defeated, dying man who hears from a distance the music of the victors.