Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CINDER PATH, by CHARLES HENRY CRANDALL


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THE CINDER PATH, by                    
First Line: The start - the strain - the springing!
Last Line: And make the race worth winning!
Subject(s): Roads; Victory; Paths; Trails


THE start — the strain — the springing!
The leap — the flight — the winging!
The roll of footsteps spurning
The footpath toward us turning!
The white goal growing clearer,
The huzzas sounding nearer,
The spurt, the fierce contending —
The rush, the ease, the ending!

The glow of victory feeling,
The sounds of triumph pealing,
The one fair face all beaming,
With exultation gleaming;
The breast so quickly heaving —
The wreath of her own weaving —
All make us greet our inning
And make the race worth winning!





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