Nature

Out of May’s Shows Selected

by Walt Whitman 1819–1892

From Leaves of Grass

Nature

Apple orchards, the trees all cover’d with blossoms;
Wheat fields carpeted far and near in vital emerald green;
The eternal, exhaustless freshness of each early morning;
The yellow, golden, transparent haze of the warm afternoon sun;
The aspiring lilac bushes with profuse purple or white flowers.

MLA

Whitman, Walt. “Out of May’s Shows Selected.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/306/.

Chicago

Whitman, Walt. “Out of May’s Shows Selected.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/306/.

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