For Whom the Bell Tolls

John Donne

 

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 manner 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.

 

 

 

Return to Index