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First Line: He from the wind-bitten north with ship and companions descended
Last Line: In flame and a clamorous breath known to the eye-pecking gulls.
Subject(s): World War I; First World War


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 clamorous breath known to the eye-pecking gulls.





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