by John Donne (1572 - 1631)
For whom the bell tolls See original
Language: English
Our translations: GER
...
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.
Composition:
- Set to music by Joseph Kaufer (1909 - 1990), "For whom the bell tolls", published 1951, stanza 3 [ voice and piano ], from Dover Beach and Other Songs, no. 6, Waukegan, Illinois: Lyric-Art
Text Authorship:
- by John Donne (1572 - 1631), "Meditation XVII", written 1623, appears in Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes, first published 1624
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- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2023-06-17
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Word count: 715