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Nov 16, 2020 · When ‘hope and history rhyme’: Joe Biden quotes an Irish poet to inspire healing in America. Published: November 16, 2020 5:03pm EST. Following president-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the United...
May 14, 2019 · History says, Don’t hope. On this side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetime. The longed-for tidal wave. Of justice can rise up. And hope and history rhyme. Jason Stevens is an Associate Professor of English at Cornerstone University.
Using Joe Biden’s speech at the Democratic National Convention as a starting point, in which Biden quoted the famous verse by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney “make hope and history rhyme”, this paper traces how Heaney’s phrase has travelled across geographical, cultural, and conceptual boundaries.
Apr 24, 2023 · To be an Israeli Jew in 1948 is to witness a pinpoint prick in time where like Irish poet Seamus Heaney wrote, “justice can rise up, and hope and history rhyme.”
Sep 5, 2013 · We have witnessed these moments when hope and history rhyme. They may be fleeting, they may be few and far between, but we press on working for that longed for tidal wave. Justice does not happen on its own.
Dec 7, 2020 · I could not say it better than your Nobel Prize winning poet, Seamus Heaney, has said: We are living in a moment when hope and history rhyme. In Dublin, if there is peace in Northern Ireland, it is your victory, too. And I ask all of you to think about the next steps we must take. 1
Mar 12, 2011 · When Hope and History Rhymed: Directed by David O'Connor, Kevin Puotinen. With Gerry Adams, Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, Martin McGuinness. A documentary about the 1998 Good Friday Peace agreement that took place in Northern Ireland.
