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nakikilala pa't Ang ilan mong katha ay aking mabasa, Akala ko mandi'y isa kang poetang May sapat n~g gulang at pagkabihasa.
Oo, akala ko, ikaw'y isa na rin Sa m~ga kilalang Santos, Matanglawin, Pe?a, Regalado, Mariano't Ben Ruben Na, inuuban na sa gayong gawain.
Dahil sa ang iyong m~ga gawang katha Ay nan~gasusulat na lahat sa tula, M~ga tulang hindi pangsira sa wika At bagkus pangayos, pangbuhay sa diwa.
N~guni't sa limbagan n~g Pamahalaan Nang aking mamalas iyong kabataan: Yaong paghan~ga ko'y lalong naragdagan At halos di kita mapaniwalaan.
Isang katulad mo! isang batangbata Ang makayayari n~g maraming katha; M~ga kathang busog sa m~ga hiwaga ... At bihibihira ang nakagagawa?
Sinong di hahan~ga sa dunong mong angkin Lalo't sa lagay mo, ikaw, uuriin? Ah! di sa pan~galan lamang ikaw Angel! Sa puso ma't diwa ikaw ay Angel din!
Angel ka n~gang buhat doon sa Olimpo Na pinaparito n~g diyos Apolo, Upang makatulong sa pagbungkal dito N~g mina n~g Wika nating Pilipino.
Na, nan~gatatago sa parang at gubat At sa m~ga bundok na lubhang mataas; Sa sapa at batis sa ilog at dagat Na puno n~g m~ga magandang alamat.
Ang kasangkapan mo na iisaisa Ang nan~gagagawa ay katakataka, Sa sama'y pangbuti, sa dun~go'y pasigla Sa sira'y pangbuo't pangaliw sa dusa.
Kasangkapang laging laan sa pagdamay Sa nan~gaaapi at nahihirapan, Mabait na guro sa han~gal ó mangmang, Sulong maliwanag sa nadidiliman.
?Oh, ang íyong diwa na nagpapagawa Sa iyong panitik na gintong mistula, N~g m~ga puntahing banal at dakila Sa ikabubunyi n~g sariling Lupa!...
Bayaan mong ako'y magpilit tumugtog Sa aking kudyaping mahina at paos, Tanda n~g paghan~ga at pagpuring lubos Sa m~ga gawa mong dakila at bantog.
LEONARDO L. GOMBA.
Maynila, S.P., Abril, 1910.

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