WITH all thy gifts, America, <br /> (Standing secure, rapidly tending, overlooking the world,) <br /> Power, wealth, extent, vouchsafed to thee--With these, and like of <br /> these, vouchsafed to thee, <br /> What if one gift thou lackest? (the ultimate human problem never <br /> solving;) <br /> The gift of Perfect Women fit for thee--What of that gift of gifts <br /> thou lackest? <br /> The towering Feminine of thee? the beauty, health, completion, fit <br /> for thee? <br /> The Mothers fit for thee?<br /><br />Walt Whitman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/with-all-thy-gifts/
