"A clear barometer"

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Title

"A clear barometer"

Subject

Lough Derg--Station Island--Seamus Heaney--Poetry

Description

An extract from Seamus Heaney's poem 'Station Island'

Creator

Seamus Heaney, 1939-2013

Source

Heaney, Seamus, 'Station Island', in Station Island collection, VII, p. 77

Publisher

Faber & Faber, London

Date

1984

Rights

Citation for the purposes of criticism

Format

Poetry Collection

Language

English

Type

Poetry

Identifier

DD_0287

Coverage

54.609062, -7.871015

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Text

"I had come to the edge of the water,
soothed by just looking, idling over it
as if it were a clear barometer

or a mirror, when his reflection
did not appear but I sensed a presence
entering into my concentration"

Citation

Seamus Heaney, 1939-2013, “"A clear barometer",” Digital Derg: A Deep Map, accessed April 16, 2024, https://digitalderg.eu/items/show/307.

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