24 Quotes by Seamus Heaney about Poetry


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    History says, Don’t hopeOn this side of the grave,But then, once in a lifetimeThe longed-for tidal waveOf justice can rise up,And hope and history rhyme

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    It is always betterto avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning.For every one of us, living in this worldmeans waiting for our end. Let whoever canwin glory before death. When a warrior is gone,that will be his best and only bulwark.

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    I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's going on in the world.

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