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To a Certain Cantatrice.

Part of the cluster SONGS OF INSURRECTION.

To a Certain Cantatrice.

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.

Part of the cluster SONGS OF INSURRECTION.

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