Re: twenty blah, blah, blah

[Hilary Blue <azure2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hilary Blue wrote:
>
> i agree -
> no man is an island, of itself entire
>
>  and i think it also includes the lines -
>
> send  not to ask for whom the bell tolls
> it tolls for me and thee
>
> you also bring to mind two afrikaans poems which the south africans aboard may
> be able to identify. one is called EILANDGROEP,, and has pretty much the sane 
> theme
> the other is
>
> Eensaam is die mense gebore
> in die diepte van sy siel
>  is 'n plek waar mense verlore
>  hy in eensaamheid moet kniel
>
> mnn is born, himself, alone.
> deep within his soul somewhere
> there's a place where, on his owm,
> he must kneel in silent prayer.
>
> (my own, very loose, translation)
>
> hilary blue
>
> Michel Margosis wrote:
> >
> > I think this is a poem by John Donne;
> > if not, it was written by someone else.
> > Michel
> >
> > Juanita Hibbert wrote:
> >
> > > Janet, your words brought to my mind
> > > a song I learned as a teenager.
> > > No Man Is An Island.,
> > > The words are very profound.
> > > No man is an island, no man stands alone.
> > > Each mans joy is joy to me .
> > > I cannot remember the rest right this moment.
> > > However I believe the first line says it all!
> > > Juanita CG for George 74/71/64