Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE PRIZE, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE



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THE PRIZE, by                     Poet's Biography
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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