Religion
The Runner
From Leaves of Grass
Religion
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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MLA
Whitman, Walt. “The Runner.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/128/.
Chicago
Whitman, Walt. “The Runner.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/128/.
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