<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head"> Home</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">A HISSING Stove whose pale blue flame</p><p class="line">Boils peeled potatoes pillaged without shame</p><p class="line">The night before from captured village where</p><p class="line">The Germans were, not long ago ; a chair,</p><p class="line">A wooden table ; and in glimmerings shed</p><p class="line">By one small candle's light, a wooden bed</p><p class="line">Or two, mattressed with small heaps of straw</p><p class="line">Or shreds of wood ; and round about where paw</p><p class="line">Of reckless conquerors has been,—-wild strewn,--</p><p class="line">A sty of food and tins and drink, all thrown</p><p class="line">Down in picturesque disorder. Then,</p><p class="line">Along low wood-walled passages the den,</p><p class="line">Our German Dug-Out--leaks into the sky</p><p class="line">By stair-cased rough-shod shafts steep and high.</p></div></body></html> · Great War