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John Donne first wrote the words, Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. It is the last part of a longer passage in Mediation XVII of his Devotions Upon Emergent... Star Gazing
... any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.. â Donne, Meditation XVII Some have speculated that Donne's numerous illnesses, financial strain, and the deaths of his friends all contributed to the development of a more somber and pious tone in his later poems.