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.      
     
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Poet: Walt Whitman
Poem: 6. To a Certain Cantatrice.
Volume: Leaves of Grass
- 13. Songs of Insurrection
Year: Published/Written in 1900
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