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Leaves of Grass (1867)
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THE RUNNER.
| ON a flat road runs the well-train'd runner; |
| He is lean and sinewy, with muscular legs; |
| He is thinly clothed—he leans forward as he runs, |
| With lightly closed fists, and arms partially rais'd. |
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