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TO A CERTAIN CANTATRICE.
HERE, take this gift!
I was reserving it for some hero, orator, or general,
One who should serve the good old cause, the great Idea, the progress and freedom of the race;
But I see that what I was reserving belongs to you just as much as to any.
I was reserving it for some hero, orator, or general,
One who should serve the good old cause, the great Idea, the progress and freedom of the race;
But I see that what I was reserving belongs to you just as much as to any.
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