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CYNIC'S EPTIAPH by THOMAS HARDY

Poet Analysis

First Line: A RACE WITH THE SUN AS HE DOWNED
Last Line: I STAYED ON.
Subject(s): CYNICISM;

A RACE with the sun as he downed
I ran at evetide,
Intent who should first gain the ground
And there hide.

He beat me by some minutes then,
But I triumphed anon,
For when he'd to rise up again
I stayed on.



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