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Poem by Walt Whitman


Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 36. With All Thy Gifts


With all thy gifts America,
Standing secure, rapidly tending, overlooking the world,
Power, wealth, extent, vouchsafed to thee—with these and like of
      these vouchsafed to thee,
What if one gift thou lackest? (the ultimate human problem never solving,)
The gift of perfect women fit for thee—what if that gift of gifts
      thou lackest?
The towering feminine of thee? the beauty, health, completion, fit for thee?
The mothers fit for thee?



Walt Whitman


Walt Whitman's other poems:
  1. Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 35. Italian Music in Dakota
  2. Leaves of Grass. 33. Songs of Parting. 14. Portals
  3. Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 38. The Prairie States
  4. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 17. A Christmas Greeting
  5. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. Fancies at Navesink. 6. Proudly the Flood Comes In


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