"No Man is an Island" By John Donne 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.