In total submission, we can admit our faults with humility. Universal acknowledgement of man's guilt is key, We revile, but sometimes repent and then embrace in love, We plunder others - we slaughter, and oppress,Īnd sometimes spurn our neighbors in distress. Individual human lives, enjoined in different circumstances -Īll earth's microcosmic pieces linked by one infinite resource.Įach is an integral drop in a supernatural sea. One universe, one breath - the vine, enjoining with the branches,
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I have loved this verse since I first heard it, when ?The Penguin? (Burgess Meredith) quoted it to his nemesis- Batman, in the old 1960?s TV series.Īsk not for whom the coursework deadline tolls,
Pow- Zap- I stand corrected- it was The Bookworm (Roddy McDowall).(you can?t get away with anything in the age of the Internet). Thanks for being my source of that poem by Donne and also for the enjoyment our grandchildren got from it. My grandson asked me where the expression "For whom the Bell Tolls" comes from and my husband immediately quoted Ernest Hemmingway's book of that name, but I somewhere in my memory was the remnants of a well lived poem. The internet is good for some things like our remembrances of John Donne, Ernest Hemmingway, Roddy McDowall,and "For whom the Bell Tolls." Thank you for mentioning Mr.McDowall as he would never have crossed my feeble mind. Trump who has gotten away (so far) with everything in this age of the internet. However, Roddy McDowall had never met Donald J. I too would have attributed this expression to Hemmingway. All is connected for we are all part of creation and therefore God. in the time of this pandemic (as I'm writing this) we must ask not for whom the bell tolls, as it tolls for thee.Īn astonishing poem that reminds me of a core teaching in esoteric druidry. I think people should take it to heart more often. "Send not to know for whom the bell tolls" is one of the most powerful quotes ever, in my opinion. I find it as intricate as I do offensive. Some might question whether he was truly a man of faith or if he poked fun at faith with his rogue language making him seem perhaps sacrilegious or even blasphemous. The poem's success is in the last line.īatter My Heart Three-Personed God is truly one of his more intricate works.
Thank you for your comments.Īn excellent poem, though not amongst his more talented work. Don't know you but miss your intelligence in my life anyway. The memorialized dead in their graves, hear me resurrect the same beautiful lines, explaining them to the unenlightened who never read Donne, and in the end, sighed, rolled their eyes skyward and said, well, I guess that's what you'd expect from Connie. I have John Donne'd people to death and I'm sure these people are sick of me. 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.ĭear Protheist: Wish you lived in Chicago, we would definitely meet and would happily discuss. Which, in my opinion, is both more natural without the inversion and more pointed: the word never giving it extra weight. Whereas in the original it reads never send to know for whom the bell tolls. The powerful line about sending to know for whom the bell tolls seems to be slightly misquoted as send not to know (perhaps influenced by Kennedys ask not phrase). It was originally prose, not poetry, and part of a much longer piece. This famous quote is from Donnies Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII. Popular during his lifetime, then dismissed for many years as inferior because it was so different from other poetry of that time, John's work is today considered brilliant and his influence on literature legendary. His career forays included law, diplomatic service, and church leadership, but he is best remembered as the founder of a group called the "metaphysical” poets. Despite her father's scorn, the couple married, had a dozen children, and John became a devoted-if not financially successful-family man. Early in his life, John earned a reputation as a playboy and spendthrift, but at 25, he fell in love with Anne More. As a Catholic in a time when that denomination was illegal in England, he endured constant prejudice and harassment and was ultimately forced into joining the Anglican church by King James I.
John Donne (1572 - 1631) was an English writer and poet. Ask for this YDP anthology at your favorite bookstore or order it online today!
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