Leaves of Grass (1860)


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To a Cantatrice.

HERE, take this gift!
I was reserving it for some hero, orator, or general,
One who should serve the good old cause, the prog-
         ress and freedom of the race, the cause of
         my Soul;
But I see that what I was reserving belongs to you
         just as much as to any.
 
 
 
 
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