Leaves of Grass (1882)/Autumn Rivulets/Others may Praise What They Like

3726069Leaves of Grass (1882) — Others may Praise What They LikeWalt Whitman


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.