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03-16-2016, 01:00 PM
9 of the most beautiful lines from Irish poetry
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Ireland has produced a hell of a lot of memorable poets.
See also: 8 beautiful lines from Robert Burns poems that will make you want to visit Scotland (http://mashable.com/2016/01/25/beautiful-lines-robert-burns-poetry/)
To tie in with St Patrick's Day, we've rounded up some of the most evocative lines from the likes of W.B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney below..
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Image: Andrew Clarke/Flickr/Mashable composite Sinéad McKeown (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ilovesunshine/11922635394/in/photolist-jayC8d-ry4oSu-ucxDd-9Xryid-d3JVY5-99mq38-y97xRS-KYujn-ai4gJV-vDd21-vDhuD-vDiuq-2YK1hV-53YYQr-937yUX-vDdCD-937xDZ-93bfa5-5FYQYr-93aGKL-Eap4v-5ZPzxc-EapJP-vDf6e-5q3tq4-3oWfaY-dNdKdr-8asYWY-a9uaup-33KwYY-2YLode-73eytS-7ztNfQ-8ENHd7-5ri6**-7e7o1H-7utaCY-7up4DB-eZwaxC-4iMru-8FNLQh-8EKvM2-8EKGTB-5HZvJd-9384UV-936Xfe-8ENKf5-56tVpS-7usZvh-5pNBgW)
— Austin Clarke, "The Lost Heifer (http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/austin_clarke/poems/6924.html)"
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Image: Seamus Heaney/Tetra Images/Corbis/Mashable composite
— Seamus Heaney, "Digging (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177017)"
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Image: W. B. Yeats/Flickr/Mashable composite Leos Kral (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lk-ga/14784044981/in/photolist-ai4gJV-9Xryid-69ChBU-cnKiyY-2dmqjo-f65rQ4-bfFWcT-owq6vg-ucxDd-8asYWY-bqiBUv-99mb8-eC3wSG-eBZmXV-nYQrW3-dNdKdr-6crdy5-6cn4kV-fcqy2W-bcwNMg-bcwNN4-6cn4sx-9GaBXW-brrJ1C)
— W.B. Yeats, "The Song of Wandering Aengus (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/244302)"
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Ireland has produced a hell of a lot of memorable poets.
See also: 8 beautiful lines from Robert Burns poems that will make you want to visit Scotland (http://mashable.com/2016/01/25/beautiful-lines-robert-burns-poetry/)
To tie in with St Patrick's Day, we've rounded up some of the most evocative lines from the likes of W.B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney below..
1.
Image: Andrew Clarke/Flickr/Mashable composite Sinéad McKeown (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ilovesunshine/11922635394/in/photolist-jayC8d-ry4oSu-ucxDd-9Xryid-d3JVY5-99mq38-y97xRS-KYujn-ai4gJV-vDd21-vDhuD-vDiuq-2YK1hV-53YYQr-937yUX-vDdCD-937xDZ-93bfa5-5FYQYr-93aGKL-Eap4v-5ZPzxc-EapJP-vDf6e-5q3tq4-3oWfaY-dNdKdr-8asYWY-a9uaup-33KwYY-2YLode-73eytS-7ztNfQ-8ENHd7-5ri6**-7e7o1H-7utaCY-7up4DB-eZwaxC-4iMru-8FNLQh-8EKvM2-8EKGTB-5HZvJd-9384UV-936Xfe-8ENKf5-56tVpS-7usZvh-5pNBgW)
— Austin Clarke, "The Lost Heifer (http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/austin_clarke/poems/6924.html)"
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Image: Seamus Heaney/Tetra Images/Corbis/Mashable composite
— Seamus Heaney, "Digging (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177017)"
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Image: W. B. Yeats/Flickr/Mashable composite Leos Kral (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lk-ga/14784044981/in/photolist-ai4gJV-9Xryid-69ChBU-cnKiyY-2dmqjo-f65rQ4-bfFWcT-owq6vg-ucxDd-8asYWY-bqiBUv-99mb8-eC3wSG-eBZmXV-nYQrW3-dNdKdr-6crdy5-6cn4kV-fcqy2W-bcwNMg-bcwNN4-6cn4sx-9GaBXW-brrJ1C)
— W.B. Yeats, "The Song of Wandering Aengus (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/244302)"
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