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    11 Videos Of Seamus Heaney Reading His Poems Aloud

    The Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet died Friday.

    1. 'Digging'

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    From BBC NI's "Seamus Heaney: A life in Pictures"

    2. 'Death of a Naturalist'

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    3. 'St. Kevin and the Blackbird'

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    Faber and Faber

    4. 'The Underground'

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    Faber and Faber

    5. 'A Drink of Water', 'Oysters', 'Tate's Avenue', 'The Baler', 'Postscript'

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    Griffin Poetry Prize

    (From 3.13)

    6. 'When all the others were away at Mass'

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    RTE

    From 'Clearances'.

    7. 'Scaffolding'

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    Faber and Faber

    8. 'Beacons at Bealtaine'

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    9. 'The Given Note'

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    10. 'Lightening VIII'

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    RTE

    11. 'Mid-Term Break'

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    Poetry Ireland

    Heaney's reading of 'Beowulf' is currently available in two parts on YouTube.