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O HYMEN! O HYMENEE! by WALT WHITMAN

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First Line: O HYMEN! O HYMENEE! WHY DO YOU TANTALIZE ME THUS?
Last Line: WOULD SOON CERTAINLY KILL ME?

O hymen! O hymenee! why do you tantalize me thus?
O why sting me for a swift moment only?
Why can you not continue? O why do you now cease?
Is it because if you continued beyond the swift moment you
would soon certainly kill me?



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