Leaves of Grass (1871-72)


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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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