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Leaves of Grass
1867
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Others May Praise What They Like
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OTHERS MAY PRAISE WHAT THEY LIKE.
O
THERS
may praise what they like;
But I, from the banks of the running Missouri, praise
nothing, in art, or aught else,
Till it has breathed well the atmosphere of this river—
also the western prairie-scent,
And fully exudes it again.
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