Charles Spurgeon

Purposes, plans, and achievements of men may all disappear like yon cloud upon the mountain's summit; but, like the mountain itself, the things which are of God shall stand fast for ever and ever.

British Clergyman

John Tyler

The tolling of yon dismal bell and the loud but solemn discharge of artillery hath announced to the nation the melancholy tidings - Thomas Jefferson no longer lives!

American President

Jean Ingelow

How gently rock yon poplars high Against the reach of primrose sky With heaven's pale candles stored.

English Poet

Understand 'yon' is seldom used in modern English, but found in historical texts or for stylistic effect.

Historical Context

'Yon' adds a Scottish or Northern English flavor, often in folk tales or cultural expressions.

Regional Flavor

Use 'yon' to imply an object is not just distant, but also vaguely positioned.

Distance Hint

'Yon' describes something you can see, but it's far enough not to be near.

Visible Distance

Don't confuse 'yon' with 'here' or 'there'; it implies a greater distance and separation.

Not Immediate

Use 'yon' to add detail to a story's setting, suggesting a world beyond immediate surroundings.

Narrative Detail

 instead they've banded together oh how was that yon now that was actually a really nice display of how the herbivore jaw can't really open in the same way ours and ours can as and up and down in

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 So here's one of the first poems I memorized. It could address a child or an adult. "From far, from eve and morning From yon twelve-winded sky, The stuff of life to knit me

Yon

Historical Context

Regional Flavor

Distance Hint

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