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EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: A DRIFTER OFF TARENTUM by RUDYARD KIPLING

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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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