I want away to the house of death, to my father under the low, clay roof. Author: Seamus Heaney Copy Quote More from Seamus Heaney “I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they…” “By God, the old man could handle a spade.Just like his old man.” “I shall gain glory or die.” “Sink every impulse like a bolt. Secure The bastion of sensation. Do not waver I…”