Discard ingratitude, mistrust,
Be noble, generous, and just.
At Antietam “brave little Mac”
The rebels swept; but, being slack
To follow up the hot pursuit,
The foe had leisure to recruit.
“Mac” might have cut them off with ease;
But “that was not his game,” quoth Keys.[h]
Let Hudson Port and Vicksburg heights
Be, henceforth, safety’s beacon lights,