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I WOULD OUTRUN DEATH, by                    
First Line: I look on death with her dark sculpt face
Last Line: To the goal toward which I've set my face.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


I look on death with her dark sculpt face
As she runs beside me in the race;
My dream-led feet in their rapid flight
Seem shod with wings of golden light;
As I strive to outrun her in the race
To the goal toward which I've set my face.





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