Plate inscribed with parodic verses, WW1

Plate inscribed Here with a loaf of bread, beneath the bow. A muttered curse, but ne'er a whine, and thou - beside me, singing in the wilderness. The wilderness is paradise, enow. (a parody of lines from Omar Khayyam). Cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959). Bairnsfather Ware

Bairnsfather Bough Curse Khayyam Loaf Omar Parodic Parody Poem Stump Thou Verses Ware Warwickshire Whine

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