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I am so very very tired right now and yet wide awake. Sleeping not in my own room is having a not so brilliant impact on my sleep pattern /o\ however I'm excited for the point next week when I have a shiny new room <3
Anyway today's beautiful thing comes courtesy of John Donne. I'm reading a book of his poetry at the moment and have discovered a few gems but I've also re-discovered a few poems I've always loved and this is one of them.
Admittedly it's quite a sad beauty at the moment because it feels very appropriate to any number of current news stories but I do love it very much.
No Man Is An Island
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.
(it's actually part of a much longer thing- Meditation XVII which is worth reading although I like the famous bit best)
My other beautiful thing today is the team relationships on NCIS LA because I still love my shiny little show even now it's just as likely to make me cry (or at least become unbelievably tense) as it is to make me laugh.
Anyway today's beautiful thing comes courtesy of John Donne. I'm reading a book of his poetry at the moment and have discovered a few gems but I've also re-discovered a few poems I've always loved and this is one of them.
Admittedly it's quite a sad beauty at the moment because it feels very appropriate to any number of current news stories but I do love it very much.
No Man Is An Island
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.
(it's actually part of a much longer thing- Meditation XVII which is worth reading although I like the famous bit best)
My other beautiful thing today is the team relationships on NCIS LA because I still love my shiny little show even now it's just as likely to make me cry (or at least become unbelievably tense) as it is to make me laugh.