The whole of the Irish landscape, in John Montague's words,… - Seamus Heaney

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The whole of the Irish landscape, in John Montague's words, is a manuscript which we have lost the skill to read.

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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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My flesh was not for feasting on

...a battle-scarred veteran, bowed with age,
would begin to remember the martial deeds
of his youth and prime and be overcome
as the past welled up in his wintry heart.

And a young prince must be prudent like that,
giving freely while his father lives
so that afterwards, in age when fighting starts
steadfast companions will stand by him
and hold the line.

The whole of the Irish landscape, in John Montague's words, is a manuscript which we have lost the skill to read. - Seamus Heaney

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