Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE NEW VERSION, by WILLIAM J. LAMPTON


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First Line: A soldier of the russians
Last Line: "fair smnlxzrskgqrxzski on the irkztrvzkimnov."
Subject(s): Russian Language


A SOLDIER of the Russians
Lay japanned at Tschrtzvkjskivitch,
There was lack of woman's nursing
And other comforts which
Might add to his last moments
And smooth the final way; --
But a comrade stood beside him
To hear what he might say.
The japanned Russian faltered
As he took that comrade's hand,
And he said: "I never more shall see
My own, my native land;
Take a message and a token
To some distant friends of mine,
For I was born at Smnlxzrskgqrxzski,
Fair Smnlxzrskgqrxzski on the Irkztrvzkimnov."





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