Jones Very Quotes


We feel unsatisfied until we know ourselves akin even with that greatness which made the spots on which it rested hallowed; and until, by our own lives, and by converse with the thoughts they have bequeathed us, we feel that union and relationship of the spirit which we seek.


Citations

Very, Jones. "Shakespeare." Essays and Poems, C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1839, p. 40.

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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.