No Man Is An Island

No Man Is An Island

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.

These well known words written by the Puritan poet, John Donne in 1624, were not originally written as a poem but as prose,  titled Meditation XVII from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions. The words of the original passage were:

"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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