“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?”
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Florence Earle Coates
Florence Earle Coates was an American poet known for her poetry on natural and religious themes. Her works were prominent in American literature from the late 19th to early 20th centuries and are considered among the pioneering works of American nature poetry. more
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