From
Leaves of Grass, by
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.