Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
John Donne
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Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by the English writer John Donne. It is a series of reflections that were written as Donne recovered from a serious illness, believed to be either typhus or relapsing fever. (Donne does not clearly identify the disease in his text.) The work consists of twenty-three parts describing each stage of the sickness. Each part is further divided into a Meditation, an Expostulation, and a Prayer.
The seventeenth meditation is perhaps the best-known part of the work. It contains the following passage:
"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." (Summary by Wikipedia) (5 hr 59 min)
Chapters
00 - Dedication | 2:36 | Read by Fr. Richard Zeile of Detroit |
01 - Devotion 1 | 13:04 | Read by Fr. Richard Zeile of Detroit |
02 - Devotion 2 | 12:01 | Read by David Barnes |
03 - Devotion 3 | 16:57 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
04 - Devotion 4 | 17:41 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
05 - Devotion 5 | 16:41 | Read by Alana Jordan |
06 - Devotion 6 | 18:01 | Read by Alana Jordan |
07 - Devotion 7 | 20:11 | Read by Fr. Richard Zeile of Detroit |
08 - Devotion 8 | 16:26 | Read by Fr. Richard Zeile of Detroit |
09 - Devotion 9 | 16:05 | Read by Fr. Richard Zeile of Detroit |
10 - Devotion 10 | 15:25 | Read by Justin Brett |
11 - Devotion 11 | 18:48 | Read by Kevin Lavin |
12 - Devotion 12 | 15:59 | Read by Philippa |
13 - Devotion 13 | 10:25 | Read by David Lawrence |
14 - Devotion 14 | 19:35 | Read by Justin Brett |
15 - Devotion 15 | 14:03 | Read by Philippa |
16 - Devotion 16 | 11:37 | Read by David Lawrence |
17 - Devotion 17 | 13:00 | Read by TriciaG |
18 - Devotion 18 | 15:22 | Read by TriciaG |
19 - Devotion 19 | 18:24 | Read by TriciaG |
20 - Devotion 20 | 13:09 | Read by TriciaG |
21 - Devotion 21 | 15:03 | Read by TriciaG |
22 - Devotion 22 | 12:27 | Read by TriciaG |
23 - Devotion 23 | 16:21 | Read by TriciaG |