No Man is an Island

John Donne

A poetic reflection on the fact that we are, truly, all in this together.

• 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.