Instead, in the morning, mangled and sleeping the sleep of … - Seamus Heaney

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Instead, in the morning, mangled and sleeping
the sleep of the sword, they slopped and floated
like the ocean's leavings.

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Seamus Justin Heaney (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright, and translator. In 1995 he won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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And so he mourned as he moved about the world, deserted and alone, lamenting his unhappiness day and night, until death's flood brimmed up in his heart.

More than loud acclaim, I love
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Poem by Anon Irish Monk, Translated by Seamus Heaney

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Instead, in the morning, mangled and sleeping the sleep of the sword, they slopped and floated like the ocean's leavings. - Seamus Heaney

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