No Man Is An Island - John Donne | Eternal Poems

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No man is an island,
Entire of itself;
Every man 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 thy friend's
Or of thine own were.

Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.

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AUTHOR:
John Donne was born on January 22, 1572 in London, England. He was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England.

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ATTRIBUTION:
John Donne's portrait from National Portrait Gallery, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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