For Whom the Bell Tolls

 

For Whom the Bell Tolls

No man is an island,

Entire of itself.

Each is a piece of the continent,

A part of the main.

If a clod be washed away by the sea,

Europe is the less.

As well as if a promontory were.

As well as if a manor of thine own

Or of thine friend's were.

Each man's death diminishes me,

For I am involved in mankind.

Therefore, send not to know

For whom the bell tolls,

It tolls for thee.

Meditation XVII, 1623

For Whom the Bell Tolls

– John Donne [1572 - 1631]

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John Donne, by Isaac Oliver, 1616