1914-18
(Sea Warfare)
                                
                            (Sea Warfare)
The ships destroy us above 
  And ensnare us beneath. 
We arise, we lie down, and we move
  In the belly of death. 
The ships have a thousand eyes 
  To mark where we come . . . 
But the mirth of a seaport dies 
  When our blow gets home.

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