Nature
Others May Praise What They Like
From Leaves of Grass
Nature
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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MLA
Whitman, Walt. “Others May Praise What They Like.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/216/.
Chicago
Whitman, Walt. “Others May Praise What They Like.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/216/.
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