Who said "We are sustained by the words of the dead."?

This quote is attributed to Seamus Heaney.

We are sustained by the words of the dead. - Seamus Heaney

"We are sustained by the words of the dead."

Seamus Heaney Wisdom

Poet Irish 1939–2013

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