. At early candle light and other poems. RIGHT ON! I kept right ony—Grants Memoirs. IGHT ON! in the years of war, of clamor, and rumor, and woe;Right on! when tyrants of Europe said softly, God orders it so;Right out of the heart of the West, when all the land was dumb,Came Grant, and the nation said, At last the mighty man has come. Right on! Against his belted braves old Shilohs bat-teries boomed. Right on! Across this heros path the bluflfs of Vicks-burg loomed. Over Mission Ridge and I^ookout Mount serene andstrong he trod, And the loyal North leaned hard on him as he leanedhard on God. Ri


. At early candle light and other poems. RIGHT ON! I kept right ony—Grants Memoirs. IGHT ON! in the years of war, of clamor, and rumor, and woe;Right on! when tyrants of Europe said softly, God orders it so;Right out of the heart of the West, when all the land was dumb,Came Grant, and the nation said, At last the mighty man has come. Right on! Against his belted braves old Shilohs bat-teries boomed. Right on! Across this heros path the bluflfs of Vicks-burg loomed. Over Mission Ridge and I^ookout Mount serene andstrong he trod, And the loyal North leaned hard on him as he leanedhard on God. Right on! when, beside the Rapidan, Lee stood acrosshis path, And, overwhelmed, laid down his sword to bide the vic-tors wrath; RIGHT ON ! 103 But behold how kindly greetings banish every sharp regret,As hand in hand the chieftains stand, and both are brothers yet. Magnanimous, unassuming soul, 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 warr


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