Victory in Defeat
Edwin Markham
 Defeat may serve as well as victory
  To shake the soul and let the glory out.
  When the great oak is straining in the wind,
  The boughs drink in new beauty, and the trunk
  Sends down a deeper root on the windward side.
  Only the soul that knows the mighty grief
  Can know the mighty rapture. Sorrows come
  To stretch out spaces in the heart for joy.