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2.O to drink the mystic deliria deeper than any other
man!
O savage and tender achings!
(I bequeath them to you, my children,
I tell them to you, for reasons, bridegroom and
bride.)

3.O to be yielded to you, whoever you are, and you to
be yielded me, in defiance of the world!
(Know, I am a man, attracting, at any time, her I but
look upon, or touch with the tips of my fingers,
Or that touches my face, or leans against me.)

4.O to return to Paradise!
O to draw you to me—to plant on you, for the first
time, the lips of a determined man!
O rich and feminine! to show you to realize the
blood of life for yourself, whoever you are—and
no matter when and where you live.

5.O the puzzle—the thrice-tied knot—the deep and
dark pool! O all untied and illumined!
O to speed where there is space enough and air
enough at last!
O to be absolved from previous follies and degradations
—I from mine, and you from yours!
O to find a new unthought-of nonchalance with the
best of nature!
O to have the gag removed from one's mouth!
O to have the feeling, to-day or any day, I am sufficient
as I am!

6.O something unproved! something in a trance!
O madness amorous! O trembling!