There is a concept in Spanish called duende , which loosely translates to elf. It means being blessed for a mission, having almost divine protection in crazed circumstances, a sober sweet charm, a magical competence, a sort of genius. A bullfighter had better have duende , for example. Ulysses had it. Joe DiMaggio had flashes of it big-time.
Exiles can use it.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Elf. Be the watchman of stars till they shiver. Enter new histories to them unknown. Trying to speak for those who had no tongue, he defended the undefendable and tried to right the unrightable. His prestige as a poet who was a man's man was great and allowed him to moderate many things and try and rectify Cuban matters in a better direction.