And Reilly went on—bold Reilly went on!
X.
From the compound a cheer, like a voice from the grave,
Rolls upward and out and upward again;
The Lord—He is gracious and mighty to save,
And he works by the hands of His valiant of men!
Still, was work to be done—stern work to be done—
Ere the wall’d town within was level’d and won.
XI.
Then “Forward,” called Reilly—and forward they swept