Exposure

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Across
  1. 2. Dawn massing in the east her __________ army
  2. 3. Worried by ____________, sentries whisper, curious, nervous
  3. 4. Sudden successive flights of _________ streak the silence
  4. 5. But ________ happens.
  5. 7. love of _____ seems dying
  6. 8. Like __________ agonies of men among its brambles
Down
  1. 1. iced east winds that knive us
  2. 3. Pale flakes with fingering _______ come feeling for our faces
  3. 6. Slowly our ________ drag home