>Famous Seamus on Irish radio at breakfast, in the wake of his
Whitbread win
>(which the presenter later described as another example of
green power),
>declared that the work of the poet is dedicated to posterity.
Strictly speaking, Heaney's BEOWULF is dedicated to Ted Hughes.
I always thought posterity was still to come rather than already
gone ...
Robin Hamilton
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