No Man Is an Island
BY John Donne
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
No man is an island,
Entire of itself;
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a cloud 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'
Or of thine own were.