quote:
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.

-John Donne, 1624

Where Hemingway got his title for his novel...

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Posted by dualed

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Posted on 11/1/14 at 5:52 am to HailHailtoMichigan!

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Posted by tigerbutt

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Posted on 11/1/14 at 5:58 am to HailHailtoMichigan!

I may not be an island but I've got one hell of a palm tree with coconuts.

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Posted by RebelOP

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Posted on 11/1/14 at 6:02 am to HailHailtoMichigan!

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Posted by Tigris

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Posted on 11/1/14 at 6:17 am to HailHailtoMichigan!

The Who's response:

(Happy Jack literally is the Isle of Man, where they
have donkey rides for tourists. Jack is an island and happy, so Pete Townsend takes a counter view)

"Happy Jack wasn't old, but he was a man
He lived in the sand at the Isle of Man
The kids would all sing, he would take the wrong key
So they rode on his head on their furry donkey

The kids couldn't hurt Jack
They tried and tried and tried
They dropped things on his back
And lied and lied and lied and lied and lied

But they couldn't stop Jack, or the waters lapping
And they couldn't prevent Jack from feeling happy

But they couldn't stop Jack, or the waters lapping
And they couldn't prevent Jack from feeling happy

The kids couldn't hurt Jack
They tried and tried and tried
They dropped things on his back
And lied and lied and lied and lied and lied

But they couldn't stop Jack, or the waters lapping
And they couldn't prevent Jack from feeling happy"

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Posted by eScott

Member since Oct 2008

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Posted on 11/1/14 at 8:05 am to Tigris

Make his fight on the hill in the early day
Constant chill deep inside
Shouting gun, on they run through the endless grey
On they fight, for the right, yes but who's to say?
For a hill men would kill why? They do not know
Stiffened wounds test their pride
Men of five, still alive through the raging glow
Gone insane from this pain that they surely know

For whom the bell tolls

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Posted by RovinBengal

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Member since Jun 2014

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Posted on 11/1/14 at 8:18 am to eScott

The bells of St. Mary's
I hear they are calling
the young loves, the true loves
who come from the sea

And so my beloved
when red leaves are falling
the love bells are shell
ring out, ring out
for you and me

the bells of st mary's
I hear they are calling
the young loves, the true loves
who come from the sea

And so my beloved
when red leeves are falling
the love bells shell
ring out, ring out
for you and me

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