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THE PRIZE by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE

First Line: SINEWY LIFE AND SINEWY DEATH
Last Line: CAUGHT UNPREPARED, REVEALED THE PRIZE.
Subject(s): MORTALITY;
SINEWY Life and sinewy Death
Stayed tug-of-war, to get their breath.
Sudden they glimpsed me; and their eyes,
Caught unprepared, revealed the prize.



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