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When i first encountered the name of the city of stockholm, i little thought that i would ever visit it, never mind end up being welcomed to it as a guest of the swedish academy and the nobel foundation.
-Seamus Heaney
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When I First Encountered The Name Of

Seamus Heaney
When i first encountered the name of the city of stockholm, i little thought that i would ever visit it, never mind end up being welcomed to it as a guest of the swedish academy and the nobel foundation.
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