"OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN—"

When, moved a few brief seasons back,

To brave the battle's brunt,

On Britain's shores I turned my pack

And "somewhere" found a Front;

Said I; as in my tympanum

I heard the cannon's roar,

"'Twill be a wonder if I come

Impervious through the War."

Yet bomb, shell, bullet and grenade