"A clear barometer"
Dublin Core
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"
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"