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Leaves of Grass
1871
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The Runner.
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THE RUNNER.
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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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