Anna Akhmatova

• All is sold, all betrayed, all is looted..., by Cecil Maurice Bowra
  All is sold, all betrayed, all is looted; / Death’s black wing has flashed past in its flight. / All is gnawed by a hungering sorrow, — / Why sh...
• All is traded, betrayed, and languished..., by Andrey Kneller
  For N. Rykovoya All is traded, betrayed, and languished, / Death’s black wing has been flashing in flight, / All is gnawed at by the ravenous ang...
• Everything is looted, spoiled, despoiled..., by Donald Michael Thomas
  Everything is looted, spoiled, despoiled, / Death flickering his black wing, / Anguish, hunger – then why this / Lightness overlaying everything...
• Everything’s plundered, betrayed, in ruin’s jaws..., by U. R. Bowie
  Everything’s plundered, betrayed, in ruin’s jaws, / The black wing of death flicks and gleams; / A hungry sick anguish at bowels and guts gnaws, /...
• To N. V. Rikov-Gukovski, by Richard Wilbur
  All is despoiled, abandoned, sold; / Death’s wing has swept the sky of color; / All’s eaten by a hungry dolor. / What is this light which we beh...