ðə pˈoʊɪts pˈeɪpɚz wɜː kˈɛpt æt hɪz fˈɑːðɚz hˈaʊs, bˌʌt ðə kəlˈɛkʃən wʌz hˈɛvili dˈæmɪdʒd dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə ɹˈʌʃən sˈɪvəl wˈɔːɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪtiːn.
The poet's papers were kept at his father's house, but the collection was heavily damaged during the Russian Civil War in 1918.