Poem by Rudyard Kipling

«Epitaphs of the War». 1914-1918. 25. A Drifter off Tarentum

He from the wind-bitten North with ship and companions descended, 
    Searching for eggs of death spawned by invisible hulls. 
Many he found and drew forth.    Of a sudden the fishery ended 
    In flame and a clamours breath known to the eye-pecking gulls.

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2. The Last of the Light Brigade
3. «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 12. The Threshold
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