To a Certain Cantatrice

by Walt Whitman.

  Here, take this gift,
  I was reserving it for some hero, speaker, or general,
  One who should serve the good old cause, the great idea, the
      progress and freedom of the race,
  Some brave confronter of despots, some daring rebel;
  But I see that what I was reserving belongs to you just as much as to any.

from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
On Journeys Through the States	Me Imperturbe

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