FEINBERG/WHITMAN   LITERARY FILE   POETRY FILE   "With All Thy Gifts"(1876) Proof.
Box 30 Folder 33WITH 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 of that gift of gifts
   thou lackest?
The towering feminine of thee? the beauty, health, completion,
   fit for thee?
The mother fit for thee?