‘Birds of death’  28939

Locations in Harold's Library

• Second World War Poems (book) (en)
  • page 7
  • Credits: Judith Hemschemeyer (translator)
  • First line: The birds of death are at the zenith. ©
• The Hundred Years’ War: Modern War Poems (book) with the title "'Birds of death'" (en)
  • page 207
  • Credits: Richard McKane (translator)
  • First line: Birds of death hover in the zenith. ©

This work has the following connections with other works:

• From the Plane • two WWII poems by Akhmatova involving planes

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