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 "title": "To a Certain Cantatrice",
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 "book": "Leaves of Grass",
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  "venue": "Leaves of Grass (Boston, 1860–61)",
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   "https://archive.org/details/leavesgrass03whitgoog"
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  "rights": "public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931)"
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    "text": "Here, take this gift,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "I was reserving it for some hero, speaker, or general,",
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   {
    "text": "One who should serve the good old cause, the great idea, the progress and freedom of the race,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Some brave confronter of despots, some daring rebel;",
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   },
   {
    "text": "But I see that what I was reserving belongs to you just as much as to any.",
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