Devotions upon Emergent Occasion
2016-06-06 本文已影响0人
Hippocrene
No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each 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 thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
（没有人是与世隔绝的孤岛，每个人都是大地的一部分；如果海流冲走一团泥土，大陆就失去了一块，如同失去一个海岬，如朋友或自己失去家园；任何人的死都让我受损，因为我与人类息息相关；因此，别去打听钟声为谁鸣响，它为你鸣响——丧钟为谁而鸣：生死边缘的沉思录）
John Donne's Meditation:
"All mankind is of one author and is one volume," and "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."
