Give others, God, the glory; mine the right

To stand beside my comrades in the fight,

To die, if need be, in some foreign land—

Absolved and solaced by a soldier’s hand.

O Lord, my God, pray harken to my prayer

And keep me ever humble, keep me where

The fight is thickest, where, ’midst steel and flame

Thy sons give battle, calling on Thy name.

—From the Outlook.

THE YANKEE MAN OF WAR