Deutsch and Yarmolinsky, comps. Modern Russian Poetry. 1921.
Upon the Black Brow of a CliffVasily Bashkin (c. 18801909)
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Alighted strong, hoary-winged eagles, grave bird upon bird.
And loudly they called on their lately-fledged comrades to come.
Assuageless the rage that tempestuous burned in their eyes.
“Hail, comrade! Delay not! The days we have longed for are near.”