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Leaves of Grass (1860)
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13.
| 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?
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Is it because, if you continued beyond the swift
moment, you would soon certainly kill me?
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