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title: "1 Hymn Quotes By William Wetmore Story"
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> [I sing the hymn of the conquered, who fell in the Battle of Life,-The hymn of the wounded, the beaten, who died overwhelmed in the strife…The hymn of the low and the humble, the weary, the broken in heart,Who strove…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wetmore-story/i-sing-the-hymn-of-the-conquered-who-fell-in-the-battle-of-life-the/)

[William Wetmore Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wetmore-story/)

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## More by William Wetmore Story

> [The shadows of twilight grow, And the tiger’s ancient fierceness In my veins begins to flow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wetmore-story/the-shadows-of-twilight-grow-and-the-tiger-s-ancient-fierceness-in-my/)

[William Wetmore Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wetmore-story/)

> [I sing the hymn of the conquered, who fell in the Battle of Life,-The hymn of the wounded, the beaten, who died overwhelmed in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wetmore-story/i-sing-the-hymn-of-the-conquered-who-fell-in-the-battle-of-life-the/)

[William Wetmore Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wetmore-story/)

> [The Poet in his ArtMust intimate the whole, and say the smallest part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wetmore-story/the-poet-in-his-artmust-intimate-the-whole-and-say-the-smallest-part/)

[William Wetmore Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wetmore-story/)

> [Of every noble work the silent part is best, of all expression that which can not be expressed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wetmore-story/of-every-noble-work-the-silent-part-is-best-of-all-expression-that/)

[William Wetmore Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wetmore-story/)

> [Of every noble work the silent part is best; of all expression, that which cannot be expressed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wetmore-story/of-every-noble-work-the-silent-part-is-best-of-all-expression-that-2/)

[William Wetmore Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wetmore-story/)

> [But the gray and the cold are haunted by a beauty akin to pain, by a sense of a something wanted that never will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wetmore-story/but-the-gray-and-the-cold-are-haunted-by-a-beauty-akin-to-pain-by-a/)

[William Wetmore Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wetmore-story/)

> [They only the victory win, Who have fought the good fight and have vanquished the demon that tempts us within; Who have held to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wetmore-story/they-only-the-victory-win-who-have-fought-the-good-fight-and-have/)

[William Wetmore Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wetmore-story/)

> [Oh! faint delicious spring-time violet, Thine odor like a key, Turns noiselessly in memory's wards to let A thought of sorrow free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wetmore-story/oh-faint-delicious-spring-time-violet-thine-odor-like-a-key-turns/)

[William Wetmore Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wetmore-story/)

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