. At early candle light and other poems. l, his stern and martial facelyooked soft as to the boys in gray he said, with courtly grace, Go home again in peace, my friends, and then the warrior calmCame back when all his task was done to wear the wreath of palm. Right on! when cowards behind him cheapened his kingly fame;Right on ! when the paltry enemies pecked at his lustrous name ;When the kings of Europe applauded him, all courteous and kept the soldiers equipoise and the candor of a child. Right on! as ruler, the ship of state with steady hand he steered,And never a hairbreadth, rig
. At early candle light and other poems. l, his stern and martial facelyooked soft as to the boys in gray he said, with courtly grace, Go home again in peace, my friends, and then the warrior calmCame back when all his task was done to wear the wreath of palm. Right on! when cowards behind him cheapened his kingly fame;Right on ! when the paltry enemies pecked at his lustrous name ;When the kings of Europe applauded him, all courteous and kept the soldiers equipoise and the candor of a child. Right on! as ruler, the ship of state with steady hand he steered,And never a hairbreadth, right or left, in any place he veered id4 RIGHT ON ! Best of the West, thou sturdy type of the sterling, rare antique ;As soldier, more than a Roman bold; as a patriot, more than a Greek. Right on! from his agonized body the spirit has now gone palm upon his grave, O South, and pine, thou weeping North;For, safe in Americas Pantheon, our great soldiers shade we one hand outreached to Lincoln and the other to Robert
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