John Donne 1572 - 1631

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 friends 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.

Devotions upon Emergent Occasions [1624], no. 17

The Bell Tolls for Thee

The NASA Announcement
President Bush's Remarks
Margaret Thatcher's 1994 Salute to President Reagan
Original God's Face Poem and Reagan Challenger 7 Quote
WARNINGS! WARNINGS! WARNINGS!
Columbia the Gem of the Ocean
Shaw, D.T./Becket, Thomas A.

O Columbia! the gem of the ocean, The home of the brave and the free, The shrine of each patriot's devotion, A world offers homage to thee; Thy mandates make heroes assemble, When Liberty's form stands in view; Thy banners make tyranny tremble, When borne by the red, white, and blue, When borne by the red, white, and blue, When borne by the red, white, and blue, Thy banners make tyranny tremble, When borne by the red, white and blue.

When war wing'd its wide desolation, And threaten'd the land to deform, The ark then of freedom'm foundation, Columbia rode safe thro' the storm; With her garlands of vict'ry around her, When so proudly she bore her brave crew; With her flag proudly floating before her, The boast of the red, white and blue, The boast of the red, white and blue, The boast of the red, white, and blue, With her flag proudly floating before her, The boast of the red, white and blue.

The Union, the Union forever, Our glorious nation's sweet hymn, May the wreaths it has won never wither, Nor the stars of its glory grow dim, May the service united ne'er sever, But they to their colors prove true? The Army and Navy forever, Three cheers for the red, white, and blue, Three cheers for the red, white, and blue, Three cheers for the red, white, and blue, The Army and Navy for ever, Three cheers for the red, white and blue.