Leaves of Grass (1881-82)


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OTHERS MAY PRAISE WHAT THEY LIKE.

OTHERS may praise what they like;
But I, from the banks of the running Missouri, praise nothing in
         art or aught else,
Till it has well inhaled the atmosphere of this river, also the
         western prairie-scent,
And exudes it all again.
 
 
 
 
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