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The name James is the English New Testament variant for the Hebrew name Jacob. It entered the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages from the French variation of the late Latin name for Jacob, Iacomus ; a dialect variant of Iacobus , from the New Testament Greek Ἰάκωβος ( Iákōvos ), and ultimately from Hebrew word יעקב ( Yaʻaqov ...
Seamus Justin Heaney MRIA (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator.He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.Among his best-known works is Death of a Naturalist (1966), his first major published volume.
Heaney originally wanted to name the work “Polder.” His editor, Charles Monteith , insisted that Heaney change the title because readers may not be able to pronounce the word. Heaney then wanted the title “Easter Water,” but this name was also discarded in favor of the final name: Field Work .
Hallelujah is a transliteration of Hebrew: הַלְלוּ יָהּ (hallū yāh), which means "praise ye Jah!" (from הַלְלוּ , "praise ye!" [8] and יָהּ , "Jah".) [9] [10] [11] The word hallēl in Hebrew means a joyous praise in song. The second part, Yah, is a shortened form of YHWH (Yahweh or Jehovah in modern English).
Heaney is a surname of Irish origin. It is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Ó hEignigh , thought to be based on the Gaelic Eochaidh a personal name meaning "horseman". It was mistakenly thought to derive from Éan, Gaelic for Bird.
North (1975) is a collection of poems written by Seamus Heaney, who received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.It was the first of his works that directly dealt with the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and it looks frequently to the past for images and symbols relevant to the violence and political unrest of that time.
Seamus Heaney and Rachael Giese, Sweeney's Flight: Based on the Revised Text of 'Sweeney Astray', with the Complete Revised Text of 'Sweeney Astray' (New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1992); pp. 85–117 print the complete text, with revisions; Seamus Heaney, Sweeney Astray (London: Faber and Faber, 2001) ISBN 0571210090; prints the revised text ...
O all ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Waters that be above the Firmament, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever.