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 >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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