jones jones august american poet clergyman mystic associated american movement known scholar william_shakespeare poems known respected mental breakdown early career born salem massachusetts cousins jones associated harvard_university undergraduate student tutor greek heavily studied epic poetry invited lecture topic home town drew attention soon asserted second coming christ resulted dismissal harvard eventual insane asylum released helped issue collection called lived majority life issuing poetry died biography born august salem massachusetts spent childhood sea oldest children born cousins mother known aggressive beliefs known believed marriage moral arrangement legal father named jones captain war held nova scotia time british prisoner war younger jones father took sailing voyage russia year later father serve cabin boy trip new_orleans louisiana father died return trip apparently lung disease contracted nova scotia boy behaved solitary left school mother told place father care family working auction house paid assistant principal private school salem teenager principal exposed young assistant philosophers writers including influence religious beliefs counteract mother composed poem dedication new church salem god temple rest smile till bent days tower shall nod harvard years enrolled college years shy ambitious literary fame interested works lord poems published hometown newspaper salem observer completed studies graduated harvard ranked number class chosen speak commencement address titled graduating served tutor greek entering thanks financial assistance uncle completed degree held temporary maine massachusetts rhode_island known ability draw people literature asked speak hometown salem befriended wrote suggesting lecture concord arranged talk epic poetry april year walked miles salem concord deliver payment inviting home dinner signed personal copy nature words man nature reconciled god time tried recruit brother figure life treated impressed unlike found remarkable showed home invited friends including meet surprised behavior larger groups room persons speech stops corpse apartment wrote month published epic poetry lecture brought meeting topic discussion question meeting held home massachusetts actively engaged discussion building reputation mystic circle mental health known eccentric prone odd behavior suffered disorder signs breakdown came shortly meeting completing essay william_shakespeare later explained felt new feeling sensible continued august traveling train suddenly overcome terror speed realized borne divine engine undertaking life journey told professor pulpit pastoral care divine inspiration helped suddenly understand fourth chapter christ having second coming believe said thought father receive sympathy find father claimed influence holy spirit composed verse state believe claim noting poor writing asked spirit spell said strong sexual desires believed held check god help control avoided speaking looking women called sacrifice beauty students fellow native salem named said people ridiculed gained fame cracked crazy acquainted harvard sessions declared man heaven superior world cried students flee mountains end things hand harvard president relieved duties referring nervous collapse required left care younger brother washington freshman harvard returning salem visited september apparently having given rule speak look women recalled looked eyes brilliant struck unnatural dangerous air soon door laid hand head said come holy ghost fire prayed told soon feel different explaining second coming performed similar people salem including ministers finally reverend committed month hospital near boston wrote contrary finished essay hamlet arguing play great reality soul hamlet called mad think shakespeare thought madness wisdom rest play stay hospital fellow patients shakespeare poetry general released october refused renounce beliefs fellow patients reportedly thanked left superintendent took credit saving prophet thought caused digestive system entirely order month released stayed home concord week visiting wrote journal october telling hated wrote december received letter monday week jones salem tutor greek institution left weeks deemed insane faculty weeks ago visited remarkable man influence cambridge best young men fine talents high order insane wisdom memory insane god intellect living thinking regards worship meet soul highest form poetry saw spirit defended wrote mind lost sympathetic plight recently controversial lecture helped publish small volume poems collected volume chiefly published poems western messenger journal disappointed serving editor journal altered poems wrote july improvements preferred lines know ought submit changes rightful authority editor felt little sad aspect piece widely read largely forgotten end nineteenth century 1830s 1840s including praised work continued writing life later poems collected distributed manuscript form january work included issue pioneer journal edited included publication tell tale heart final years death jones believed role prophet months september role complete suggested temporary mental instability worth message delivered essay friendship referred knew man certain religious cast spoke conscience person encountered great insight beauty men agreed mad attained advantage bringing man acquaintance true relations stand true relations men false age worth fit insanity decades life spent salem care sister years held roles visiting minister maine massachusetts roles temporary shy age retired years little biographer wrote lived effective life end died hearing death wrote brief remembrance newspapers record death jones salem mass fortune known man tutor writing essays shakespeare edited published mystic circle subject speculation professed taught spirit write inspiration papers submitted criticism spelling found faulty pointing defect told spirit witty reply spirit better qualified mystic vision appear printed volume shows traces text came aspect times gave air walking remember feet instead keeping near frequently voice certain echoing bearing impression detached thought body ventured warn falling brought printed benefit temperament delicate nervous disposed stimulated studies school thought essays surpass appeared subtlety simplicity execution critical assessment critical review book written published said poems spirit genuine flow thought purity admitted preferred prose collection poetry mocked sing song style poems questioned religious mission concluded greatly interested worthy known admired poetry published journal western messenger admired poetry writing insanity superficial commented positively poetry thought deeply spiritual certain character find like things old writers freedom know find thing country compare editor critic impressed poetry include edition anthology wrote asking information expressing opinion poetry comparatively unknown true poet modern jones author literary importance dated essay wrote poet past decades major american writers rediscovered established rightful places literary history refer emily proposing establishment winters speaking relations circle concluded attitude amusing proves remote respect doctrine submission agreed principle recommended surrender practised regarded subsequently outlined basic biographical facts life jones complete scholarly edition poetic works appeared century poet death
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