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Leaves of Grass
1881
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Others May Praise What They Like.
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AUTUMN RIVULETS.
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 well inhaled the atmosphere of this river, also the
western prairie-scent,
And exudes it all again.
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AUTUMN RIVULETS.
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