Clergyman's

I love, and the world is mine!
- Florence Earle Coates

I love, and the world is mine!
- Florence Earle Coates

The question of perpetual copyright is, in my judgement, entitled to the full and favorable consideration of the Congress of an enlightened republic. There would seem to be every reason for the equitable protection, without limit as to time, of the unquestioned property rights of its citizens.
- Florence Earle Coates

The question of perpetual copyright is, in my judgement, entitled to the full and favorable consideration of the Congress of an enlightened republic. There would seem to be every reason for the equitable protection, without limit as to time, of the unquestioned property rights of its citizens.
- Florence Earle Coates

Many modern poets seem to think that poetry should be sensual. It should not—it should be sensuous.
- Florence Earle Coates

Many modern poets seem to think that poetry should be sensual. It should not—it should be sensuous.
- Florence Earle Coates

My ""Poems"" were written without a purpose, other than the expression of faiths and ideals strongly realized and emotions keenly felt. They were written for the joy of writing, and for the satisfaction of an irresistible impulse. It is my belief that it is not the business of art either to teach or to preach.
- Florence Earle Coates

Sculpture and painting are moments of life. Poetry is life itself.
- Florence Earle Coates

there is a higher truth and a lower truth, and it is the higher truth that is the proper subject of poetry.
- Florence Earle Coates

They live indeed—the dead by whose example we are upward led.
- Florence Earle Coates