It Tolls for Thee

 John Donne (January 21, 1572 - March 31, 1631)

Today is his Feast Day (Anglican Priest and Poet, Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London)

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.