Jones Very Quotes


As long as man labors for a physical existence, though an act of necessity almost, he is yet natural; it is life, though that of this world, for which he instinctively works.


Citations

Very, Jones. "Epic Poetry." Essays and Poems, C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1839, p. 6.

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Jones Very
Jones Very
  • Born: August 28, 1813
  • Died: May 8, 1880
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Essayist, Poet Mystic

Jones Very was an American poet, essayist, clergyman, and mystic associated with the American Transcendentalism movement. He was known as a scholar of William Shakespeare and many of his poems were Shakespearean sonnets. He was well-known and respected amongst the Transcendentalists, though he had a mental breakdown early in his career.