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Irish poet and Nobelist Seamus Heaney has passed away at the age of 74 at a hospital in Dublin following a short illness. Many literary fans have taken to Twitter to quote the poet's best works. Have a look at 10 of the meaningful tweets below.
"Between my finger and my thumb/ The squat pen rests; snug as a gun." RIP Seamus Heaney. http://t.co/2z7Bmap4Ie
— Gary Younge (@garyyounge) August 30, 2013
"One of the greatest literary voices the island of Ireland has ever produced" - NI Secretary on Seamus Heaney http://t.co/XnEJTri4gt
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) August 30, 2013
“Zeus thunders and the world blinks twice and you get to your feet again and try to keep going.” RIP Seamus Heaney http://t.co/SyK6oJ3xeN
— The Paris Review (@parisreview) August 30, 2013
'You end up dropping back through your own trapdoors': On Seamus Heaney’s Seamus Heaney http://t.co/WjqNfBobhD #archives
— London Review (LRB) (@LRB) August 30, 2013
"What am I doing but striking a few little sparks when what the occasion demands is a comet?" Seamus Heaney, RIP. http://t.co/hOAZ7XpnGZ
— Stan Carey (@StanCarey) August 30, 2013
One of the first poems to ever make me cry just made me cry again. Very sad to hear about Seamus Heaney. http://t.co/1TRIzvA5qs
— Anna Carey (@urchinette) August 30, 2013
So sad to hear about Irish poet, playwright Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died aged 74 pic.twitter.com/FUjqkXR4SF
— Love Belfast (@love_belfast) August 30, 2013
"You are neither here nor there, A hurry through which known and strange things pass" Seamus Heaney. RIP
— Andromeda (@andromedababe) August 30, 2013
"A four foot box, a foot for every year." Mid-Term Break, by the late Seamus Heaney: http://t.co/lXdDLWb9if
— John Self (@john_self) August 30, 2013
"Since when," he asked, "Are the first line and the last line of any poem Where the poem begins and ends?"(First Light) RIP Seamus Heaney.
— Helen O'Rahilly (@TellyDubby) August 30, 2013
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