joe@smu.UUCP (06/27/84)
#N:smu:16400001:000:471 smu!joe Jun 27 13:20:00 1984 Who wrote the following lines: ``No man is an island'' ``Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee'' I am note sure I got them exactly correct. A friend asked me this yesterday, and we were surprised we couldn't remember. He thinks the were both written by the same guy. A poet friend of mine couldn't remember either, but thought it might be Emerson. I thought it could be Wordsworth, but couldn't find the lines anywhere. Joe Ramey ...!convex!smu!joe
opus@drutx.UUCP (ShanklandJA) (06/28/84)
> Who wrote the following lines: > ``No man is an island'' > ``Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee'' John Donne. They're both from the same poem. But I think it's "Never send to know for whom the bell tolls..." Now, in the same poem, Donne says: If a clod be washed away to sea, Europe is the less. Can that be paraphrased as, "Even clumsy people should not be left to drown?" Growing ever more confused.... Jim Shankland ..!ihnp4!druxy!opus
aeq@pucc-h (Jeff Sargent) (06/29/84)
The "No man is an island" and "send not to know for whom the bell tolls" are, to the best of my recollection, by John Donne; I think they are even in the same poem; but alas, I forget the title! -- -- Jeff Sargent {allegra|decvax|harpo|ihnp4|seismo|ucbvax}!pur-ee!pucc-h:aeq "...got to find my corner of the sky."