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Enfans D'adam 13

Part of the cluster Enfans d'Adam.

13.

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?

Part of the cluster Enfans d'Adam.

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