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TO A CERTAIN CANTATRICE by WALT WHITMAN

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First Line: HERE, TAKE THIS GIFT
Last Line: MUCH AS TO ANY.
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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