To a Certain Cantatrice
1819-1892
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.
DayPoems Poem No. 1888
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/1888.html">To a Certain Cantatrice by Walt Whitman</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
Timothy Bovee, editor
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