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Seamus Heaney was an Irish poet born on April 13, 1939, and passed away on August 30, 2013. He is renowned for his profound humanistic concerns and exquisite poetic skills, being one of the most influential poets of the 20th century.

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Famous Seamus Heaney Quotes

“Suspect too much sweet talk but never close your mind.”

Mind Too Much Sweet Suspects Nymphs Sweet Talk

Book:Opened Ground

Source: Opened Ground

“When I first encountered the name of the city of Stockholm, I little thought that I would ever visit it, never mind end up being welcomed to it as a guest of the Swedish Academy and the Nobel Foundation.”

Mind Firsts Littles Ends Names Cities Foundation Guests Academy Nobel Swedish Stockholm

Book:Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996

Source: Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996

“When I was teaching, I gave a lot of my mind and anxiety to it. There was always something clenched and anxious in me until the classes were over.”

Mind Class Teaching Anxiety Anxious Of My Mind

Author:Seamus Heaney

“Now it’s high watermark and floodtide in the heart and time to go. The sea-nymphs in the spray will be the chorus now. What’s left to say? Suspect too much sweet-talk but never close your mind. It was a fortunate wind that blew me here. I leave half-ready to believe that a crippled trust might walk and the half-true rhyme is love.”

Mind Believe Heart Might Left Walks Half Too Much Sea Ready Sweet Wind Fortunate Suspects Rhyme Chorus Spray Crippled Nymphs Sweet Talk

Book:The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes

Source: The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes

“Anyone with gumption and a sharp mind will take the measure of two things: what's said and what's done.”

Mind Said Two Done Two Things Epic Poems Gumption

Book:Beowulf

Source: Beowulf

About the Author

Born: April 13, 1939
Died: August 30, 2013
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 153

Books & Sources

Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996Related source material

The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' AntigoneRelated source material

Aeneid Book VIRelated source material

BeowulfRelated source material

Crediting Poetry: The Nobel LectureRelated source material

NorthRelated source material

Opened GroundRelated source material

Death of a NaturalistRelated source material

Death of a Naturalist: PoemsRelated source material

District and CircleRelated source material

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