The Walt Whitman Archive
Published Works
Books by Whitman
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O HYMEN! O HYMENEE!
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 mo-
ment, you would soon certainly kill me?
ment, you would soon certainly kill me?