Sunday, June 19, 2016

"The Runner" by Walt Whitman

THE RUNNER
by Walt Whitman

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.

Source: Leaves of Grass (1892) by Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman (1819-1892)





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