Ugliness in poetry they may find clever and interesting. Bu… - Florence Earle Coates

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Ugliness in poetry they may find clever and interesting. But it is only beauty that "snatches the breath and fills the eyes with tears."

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

Poetry belongs to the real things—to the realm of the ideal which is "the only real."

poetry in some form is necessary to all—save, perhaps, to those who are content to live upon bread alone.

Ugliness in poetry they may find clever and interesting. But it is only beauty that "snatches the breath and fills the eyes with tears." - Florence Earle Coates

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