There is no true poetry that is not dedicated to the soul a… - Florence Earle Coates

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There is no true poetry that is not dedicated to the soul and to joy.

Florence Earle Coates

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Florence Earle Coates (1 July 1850 – 6 April 1927)—American poet born in Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania poet laureate who gained notoriety both at home and abroad for her works of poetry—nearly three-hundred of which were published in literary magazines of her day such as the Atlantic Monthly, Scribner's, The Literary Digest, Lippincott's, The Century Magazine, and Harper's.

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Birth Name: Florence Van Leer Earle

Alternative Names: Florence Van Leer Earle Nicholson Coates

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Maeterlinck says that compared with ordinary truths mystic truths have strange privileges—they can neither age nor die. Beauty is eternal and ugliness, thank God, is ephemeral. Can there be any question as to which should attract the poet?

In education poetry is invaluable; the study of it cultivates the memory, the imagination, and the heart.

They live indeed—the dead by whose example we are upward led.

There is no true poetry that is not dedicated to the soul and to joy. - Florence Earle Coates

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