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mnhtnbb

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41. Not Hemingway. John Donne.

Reply to Farmer-Rick (Reply #19)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 11:07 AM

Sep 2

Hemingway just lifted it from the 17th Century poet/cleric, John Donne.

For Whom the Bell Tolls by John Donne - Your Daily Poem https://www.yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.jsp?poem_id=2118

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