Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 86
I had him ! I had him ! and yet againHe stiffened himself, and I felt him strainTo throw me off. I could hold him ! No,Slowly I weakened and let him go. … We passed the gate and were on the track,When his shoulders trembled, his wiry backShrunk and collapsed; he clutched the air;Then one bony hand ran through his hairAs I heard him utter a weary moan,And his frame sank down on the stretch likestone. I saw the crowds swarming from the stands,And felt…
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