Rhymes from the Russian

by Unknown

[14] Titular councillor = Ninth-class (civil rank) in the Russian Table of Precedence, corresponding to rank of Captain in the Army or Lieutenant in the Navy.

FROM K. P.

(H.I.H. Grand Prince Constantine Constantinovich.)

No! I can ne’er believe, no recollection

Of life—beyond the grave we’ll bear away;

That Death doth end our joy and our affliction,

And shed deep sleep on our forgotten day?

Can eyes, when opened there, forget their seeing?

Can ears their power of hearing lose for aye?

In grave’s dark night can memories of past being