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William Wetmore Story Books

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William Wetmore Story was an American poet, born on February 12, 1819, and died on October 7, 1895. His poetry is known for its deep emotion and admiration for nature.

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Grows Shadow Flow Ancient Twilight Tigers Veins Fierceness

Book:Graffiti D'Italia

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“They only the victory win, Who have fought the good fight and have vanquished the demon that tempts us within; Who have held to their faith unseduced by the prize that the world holds on high; Who have dared for a high cause to suffer, resist, fight -- if need be, to die.”

Ifs World Needs Suffering Dies Fighting Winning Causes Victory Demon Prize Good Fight

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“Oh! faint delicious spring-time violet, Thine odor like a key, Turns noiselessly in memory's wards to let A thought of sorrow free.”

Turns Memories Keys Sorrow Spring Delicious Violet Odor Spring Time

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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 and who failed, acting bravely a silent and desperate part.”

Heart Acting Broken Battle Lows Died Silent Humble Desperate Wounded Weary Beaten Strife Overwhelmed Hymns Battle Of Life

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“The Poet in his ArtMust intimate the whole, and say the smallest part.”

Whole Poet Intimate Smallest

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“But the gray and the cold are haunted by a beauty akin to pain, by a sense of a something wanted that never will come again.”

Wanted Pain Cold Gray

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“Of every noble work the silent part is best; of all expression, that which cannot be expressed.”

Silence Expression Quiet Silent Noble

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About the Author

Born: February 12, 1819
Died: October 7, 1895
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 7

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