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Jones Very was a British poet born on October 28, 1813, and died on May 8, 1880. His poetry is known for its unique style and profound emotion.

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“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.”

Men World Long Natural Existence This World Labor

Book:Essays and Poems

Source: Essays and Poems

“From the wrestling of his own soul with the great enemy, comes that depth and mystery which startles us in Hamlet.”

Soul Enemy Mystery Depth Wrestling

Book:Essays and Poems

Source: Essays and Poems

“Macbeth is contending with the realities of this world, Hamlet with those of the next.”

World Reality Next This World Contending

Book:Essays and Poems

Source: Essays and Poems

“The later rain,--it falls in anxious haste Upon the sun-dried fields and branches bare, Loosening with searching drops the rigid waste, As if it would each root's lost strength repair.”

Ifs Fall Lost Sun Fields Waste Rain Roots Branches Anxious Haste

Book:Jones Very: The Complete Poems

Source: Jones Very: The Complete Poems

“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.”

Knows Feels Made Spirit Relationship Greatness Unions Spots Converses Unsatisfied

Book:assays and poems

Source: assays and poems

About the Author

Born: October 28, 1813
Died: May 8, 1880
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 5

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