Ireland has produced a hell of a lot of memorable poets.
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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-- Austin Clarke, "The Lost Heifer"
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-- Seamus Heaney, "Digging"
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-- W.B. Yeats, "The Song of Wandering Aengus"
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-- Patrick Kavanagh, "Stony Grey Soil"
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-- Seamus Heaney, "Follower"
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-- Patrick Kavanagh, "Lines written on a Seat on the Grand Canal, Dublin"
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-- W. B. Yeats, "The Lake Isle of Innisfree"
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-- Seamus Heaney, "The Railway Children"
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-- W.B. Yeats, "Among School Children"