Bono has paid tribute to Irish poet Seamus Heaney, who died today at the age of 74. In comments posted on U2.com, Bono says he’s been giving out Heaney’s books of poetry to the dignitaries that he’s visited this week in Africa. Here’s some of what Bono had to say:

Seamus was a great, great poet. I know people throw around this phrase a lot, but his poem From the Republic of Conscience,