Story-Teller

He was from Russia;

He had been wounded,

He had known a Romanoff.

Oh, we took delight

In him! He could tell

Royal stories very well.

He could tell-he had

Known a Romanoff!

What though his voice was low as

A wind blowing cold

On a frozen steppe-

He had stories! They were gay!

What he said was gay

As Royal Russia,

And as living . . . and as dead.