To a Certain Cantatrice

Name: Leaves of Grass - To a Certain Cantatrice
Author: Walt Whitman

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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Chicago: Walt Whitman, "To a Certain Cantatrice," Leaves of Grass Original Sources, accessed October 31, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4ADG7TQRG6ZMPRM.

MLA: Whitman, Walt. "To a Certain Cantatrice." Leaves of Grass, Original Sources. 31 Oct. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4ADG7TQRG6ZMPRM.

Harvard: Whitman, W, 'To a Certain Cantatrice' in Leaves of Grass. Original Sources, retrieved 31 October 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4ADG7TQRG6ZMPRM.