JOHN DONNE 1572-1631

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NO MAN IS AN ISLAND

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. 

John Donne was an English poet and cleric in the Church of England. He was appointed the Dean of St.Paul's Cathedral, London in 1621. He was a Member of Parliament in 1601 and in 1614.

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