No Man Is an Island
John Donne
1572 to 1631
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Entire of itself;
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
A part of the main.
Or of thine own were.
Every man is a piece of the continent,
It tolls for thee.
Because I am involved in mankind.
Any man's death diminishes me,
No man is an island,
As well as if a promontory were:
Europe is the less,
If a clod be washed away by the sea,