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Florence Van Leer (Earle) Nicholson Coates (1850–1927)

sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category, quotes. Florence Earle Coates—Philadelphia-born 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.

Florence Van Leer (Earle) Nicholson Coates

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Works

POEMS. (1898) MINE AND THINE. (1904) LYRICS OF LIFE. (1909) THE UNCONQUERED AIR AND OTHER  POEMS. (1912) POEMS. 2 vols. (1916) PRO PATRIA. (1917) Privately published. Fugitive verse. On Matthew Arnold. (1894, 1909)

Index of Titles Index of First Lines Magazines "The business of art is to enlarge and correct the heart and to lift our ideals out of the ugly and the mean through love of the ideal . . . The business of art is to appeal to the soul."

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Collections

Mrs. Coates, pre-1894

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Some day, it is to be hoped, we may look for a book of lyrics from Mrs. Florence Earle Coates, whose store of music increases with each month's magazines. Where there is so much sweetness in single notes, there must needs be an unusual charm in a complete opus.

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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.  "Camp Elsinore," Upper St. Regis Lake,   New York, June 24, 1898.

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• Poems (1898) Dedicated to the memory of Matthew Arnold.
• Mine and Thine (1904) Dedicated to Edmund Clarence Stedman.
• Lyrics of Life (1909) Dedicated to S. Weir Mitchell.
• The Unconquered Air, and Other Poems (1912) Dedicated to Horace Howard Furness.
• Poems (1916) in 2 vols. "To him who found me sleeping, all my soul..."
• Pro Patria (1917) A 16-page pamphlet of seven war poems published privately in Philadelphia in support of American involvement in World War I.

“ 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.—FEC ”

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Fugitive Verse

Poetry by Florence Earle Coates which appeared in various periodicals or literary collections, but were not part of any of her own collections.

Mrs. Coates, pre-1916

The Mourner Their Victory Won On Re-reading "The Sick King in Bokhara" (The Literary World, 26 June 1886) Frederick (The Magazine of Poetry, 1889) Winter the Nursery for Spring Flowers (Meehan's Monthly, January 1896) Dreyfus (The Independent, 16 February 1899) ("If thou art living, in that Devil's Isle") President M'Kinley (The Era, October 1901) The Mourner (Lippincott's, May 1914) The Brave (Harper's Monthly, April 1915) The Gods Remember (Harper's Monthly, October 1916) In the Offing (The Minaret, May 1917) The Smile of Reims (The Bellman, 2 June 1917) The Kaiser (Fifes and Drums: A Collection of Poems of America at War, 1917) A Love-Song (The Bellman, 1 December 1917) Captain Guynemer (A treasury of war poetry, ... 1914-1919, 1917) Serbia (A treasury of war poetry, ... 1914-1919, 1917) Giving Thanks (Philadelphia Public Ledger, 1917) ("Thou that dost save through pain,") A Soldier (The Bellman, 20 June 1918) For France (Patriotic Pieces from the Great War, 1918) Belgium (The Bellman, 21 September, 1918) ("I had a dream of Greatness ; and I saw—") The Infantry that Would Not Yield (The Bellman, 14 December 1918) Their Victory Won (Harper's Monthly, December 1918) As They Leave Us (Patriotic Pieces from the Great War, 1918) I Too Have Loved (The North American Review, January 1919) Our Land (Harper's Monthly, April 1919) ("The gift of an idealist,") In Memory of an American Soldier (The North American Review, June 1919) In Memory of Henry La Barre Jayne (Henry La Barre Jayne, 1857-1920: In Memoriam, 1920) Masefield (The North American Review, May 1922)

“ Beauty is eternal and ugliness, thank God, is ephemeral. Can there be any question as to which should attract the poet?—FEC ”

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Musical Compositions

Musical compositions with lyrics written by Florence Earle Coates set to song by various composers.

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  I Love, and the World is Mine (1891)
  I love, and the world is mine. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Clayton Johns. "To Miss Lena Little." Sop. or tenor in G. Song [with piano acc.]; score (5p.) 35 cm. New York, G. Schirmer. (1891)
• I love, and the world is mine. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Clayton Johns. "To Miss Lena Little." Medium in F. Song [with piano acc.]; score (4p.) 35 cm. New York, G. Schirmer. (1891)
• For me the jasmine buds unfold. Op. 19, no. 1. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Mrs. H. H. A. Beach. For sop. or tenor and piano. 1 score (7 p.). Boston : Arthur P. Schmidt. (1892)
• Memoria; if only in my dreams. Op. 18, no. 2. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Frank Lynes. 1. In E Flat.—2. In G. (1892)
• The Ideal. Op. 18, no. 9. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Frank Lynes. Compass D to G and B Flat to E Flat. (1892)
• When Phyllis comes. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Clayton Johns. (1892)
• For me the jasmine buds unfold. Op. 19, no. 1. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Mrs. H. H. A. Beach. Caption title. 1 score (7 p.) ; 35 cm. Boston : Arthur P. Schmidt. (1893)
• I love, and the world is mine. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Harriet Burdett Wills. (1895)
• When Phyllis comes. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Joshua Phippen. (1895)
• My true love's eyes. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Harriet Burdett Wills. Quartet or chorus, mixed voices. (1896)
• The ideal. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Harriet Burdett Wills. (1896)
• Three songs (1. If love were not 2. Might I return 3. Rhapsody). Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by John Hasler. (1899)
• Her cheek is like the tinted rose. Op. 185, no. 3. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Homer Newton Bartlett. John Church Co., Cincinnati. (1900)

The Pilgrims (1900)

• The Pilgrims. ("Written for the Pennsylvania Society of Mayflower Descendants") Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Thomas Whitney Surette. New York : Novello, Ewer & Co. (1900)
• A descant. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by William Wallace Gilchrist. (1901)
• Go not too far. Op. 56, no. 2. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Mrs. H. H. A. Beach. High and low voice. Words also printed as text. Caption title. 1 score (5 p.) ; 35 cm. Boston : Arthur P. Schmidt. (1904)
• I know not how to find the spring. Op. 56, no. 3. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Mrs. H. H. A. Beach. For medium voice and piano. Caption title. Words also printed as text on p. 2. 1 score (5 p.) ; 36 cm. Boston : Arthur P. Schmidt. (1904)
• If love were not. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Clayton Johns. 4 p. of music ; 35 cm. Boston : Oliver Ditson & Co. (1904)
• I love, and the world is mine! Op. 11, no. 3 (with Violin obbligato and piano). Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Charles Fonteyn Manney. 1 score (3 v.) + 1 part (1 v.) ; 34 cm. Boston : Oliver Ditson & Co. (1904)
• Give me not love. Op. 61. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Mrs. H. H. A. Beach. Duet for soprano and tenor. Caption title. 1 score (7 p.) ; 34 cm. Boston : Arthur P. Schmidt. (1905)
• The world is mine. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Della V. Oliver. (1905)
• Her cheek is like a tinted rose. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Charles Gilbert Spross. (1906)
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    I Love, and the World is Mine (1906)
    I love and the world is mine. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Charles Gilbert Spross. For low voice and piano. "Dedicated to Cecilia Niles"—Caption. 1 score (5 p.) ; 33 cm. Cincinnati : John Church Co. (1906)
• Two songs. (1. In April) Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Charles Gilbert Spross. (1906)
• So is my love to me. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Clayton Johns. (1908)
• After. Op. 68. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Mrs. H. H. A. Beach. High and low voice. Words also printed as text. Caption title. 1 score (7 p.) ; 35 cm. Boston : Arthur P. Schmidt. (1909)
• Tomorrow. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Charles Gilbert Spross. (1909)
• Tomorrow. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Arthur William Foote. Trio [for women's voices]. Caption title. Score (4 p.) 27 cm. Boston : Arthur P. Schmidt. (1911)
• I love and the world is mine. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Frank Lynes. (1911)
• Through the rushes, by the river. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Arthur William Foote. Women's trio. Part song for women's voices [SSA and piano]. Caption title. 8 p. 28 cm. Boston : Arthur P. Schmidt. (1913)
• After. Op. 34, no. 7a. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Henry Clough-Leighter. Three-part song for women's voices with pianoforte acc. (1914)
• Two songs. (2. Her cheek is like a tinted rose.) Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Horatio William Parker. For soprano or tenor and piano. 1 score (5 p.) ; 34 cm. Boston : Arthur P. Schmidt. (1914)
• A twilight lullaby. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Stanley F. Widener. Philadelphia : Theo Presser Co. (1916)
• Who walks the world. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Clarence E. Rolfe, of U.S.; soprano or tenor, and mezzo-sop. or baritone. [6934] Boston : Arthur P. Schmidt. (1917)
• When spring comes tripping. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by G. Cotton-Marshall. Trio or three-part chorus for women's voices. 4to. Philadelphia : Theo Presser Co. (1919)
• The Heart of Spring. Poem by Florence Earle Coates; music by M. Grace Houseman. Three women's voices. 4to. (1924)
• For me the jasmine buds unfold. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Victor Harris. Women's voices. 4to. (1926)
• Rhapsody. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Douglas A Fletcher. [Photostat] 1 c. Newark, N. J.: Douglas A. Fletcher.
• Suppliant. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Marion Eugénie Bauer. Recitation, piano acc. Monologues with music (piano). 1 ms. score (3 p.) ; 34 cm. (date unknown)
• Two songs. Op. 27. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by Philip James. High voice with piano. 2 v. ; 35 cm. (date unknown)
• A love song. Words by Florence Earle Coates; music by William H. Neidlinger. Copyrighted on 26 Oct 1929 by Neidlinger's widow, Orra B. Neidlinger, East Orange, N.J. (original date unknown)

“ ...poetry needed no renascence. It was not young, it is not old.—FEC ”

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Other Works

Works by Coates

Greeting card from the Laurel Series, ca. 1910's (see original signed copy)

• The Edward H. Coates Memorial Collection: Presented by Mrs. Coates to The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1923) The exhibition included twenty-seven paintings and three pieces of sculpture. The works were exhibited at the Academy from 4 November 1923 to 10 January 1924 in Gallery A and in the South Corridor.

Articles

• "Matthew Arnold" (The Century Magazine, April 1894:931-37)
• "Verses by R. W. Gilder" [Appeared in the Saturday Review of Books and Art: From Readers section of The New York Times, 1 November 1902], Written by Mrs. Coates on 17 Oct 1902.
• "The Sappho of Bliss Carman" from The Reader, January 1904 [Reviews] p. 198.
• "The Strenuous Life to Blame" from "The Slump in Poetry: Views of Many Poets on the Subject Freely Expressed" (submissions by various authors/publishing companies) (The Critic, March 1905:267)
• "Matthew Arnold: A later estimate, from the point of view of one who knew him well" (Lippincott's Monthly, December 1909:670-74)
• "Tribute to James Whitcomb Riley" on his 66th birthday. (The Writer, October 1915:147-148.)

Letters

• Letter from Florence Earle Coates to Owen B. Jenkins, Esq. (5 June 1902)
• Letter from Florence Earle Coates to Miss Katherine Brégy (24 September 1912)
• Letter from Florence Earle Coates to Amos Niven Wilder (29 September 1923)
• Letter from Florence Earle Coates to Amos Niven Wilder (22 January 1924)
• Letter from Florence Earle Coates to Amos Niven Wilder (25 January 1924)
• Letter from Florence Earle Coates to Amos Niven Wilder (8 February 1924)

Works about Coates

Articles

• "Florence Earle Coates" by Jane Campbell (Woman's Progress, May 1895; Vol. 4 No. 6:240-48.)
• "Florence Earle Coates" by Harrison S. Morris (Book News Monthly, December 1898; Vol. 17 No. 196:191.)
• "A Camp in the Adirondacks: The summer home of Mrs. Florence Earle Coates, the Philadelphia poet" (Book News Monthly, October 1905; Vol. XXIV No. 278:69-72.)
• "The Poetry of Florence Earle Coates" by Warwick James Price (The Pathfinder, June 1911; Vol. V No. 6.)
• "A Foremost American Lyrist: An Appreciation" by William Stanley Braithwaite (Lippincott's Monthly, March 1913; Vol. 91:296-304.)
• "Godlessness Mars Most Contemporary Poetry: Mrs. Coates finds modern poets nervously seeking novelties, and says in art there can be nothing new that is not ugly" (The New York Times, 10 December 1916.)
• "From Florence Coates to Amy Lowell: A Glance at Modernity" by O. W. Firkins (The Nation, 3 May 1917; Vol. 104 No. 2705:522-4.)
• "Florence Earle Coates: Some Phases of Her Life and Poetry" by Elizabeth Clendenning Ring (Book News Monthly, December 1917.)
• "The Christian Hope—Its Meaning for Today" (Section: From Amos N. Wilder): Religion in Life, Winter issue, 1951-1952; p. 10-19. In this piece, Wilder mentions a conversation he had with Mrs. Coates (post-1921), where she quoted, "A man's wisdom is measured by his hope"—herself referencing Emerson.

Letters

• "To Florence Earle Coates." Edmund Clarence Stedman responds to Mrs Coates' dedication of her 1904 collection of verse—Mine and Thine—to him. (29 December 1904)

from M. E. R.

Unsure of who the initials "M. E. R." belong to, the following poem was written to Mrs. Coates by M. E. R. "on receiving one of her poems." The poem appeared in a 27 November 1902 issue (p. 343) of City and State—a weekly Philadelphia publication. The following is as-rendered in the aforementioned issue:

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TO FLORENCE EARLE COATES. (On receiving one of her poems.) Praise to thee, sweet singer, whose refrain    With tender, rhythmic melody is fraught; Thy words are pearls strung on a golden chain    Of ever-varying theme and noblest thought. No Circe's subtle songs the soul offend    Nor passion's pulses at thy bidding rise, But heart-throbs true and warm their tribute send    To thee, whose messengers, so pure and wise, Herald how fair within the kingdom is    Where daily thoughts transmuted turn to gold, The "Kingdom whyche excelles all other blisse,"    Where posies, like to angel-wings, unfold To waft us nearer heaven—that blessed place Where friendship worships with unveiled face. —M. E. R.

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References

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1923. The author died in 1927, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.