Famous Tantalize Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Tantalize poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous tantalize poems. These examples illustrate what a famous tantalize poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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O Hymen! O Hymenee!

by Walt Whitman
 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? 5...Read more of this...

A precious -- mouldering pleasure -- tis

by Emily Dickinson
 A precious -- mouldering pleasure -- 'tis --
To meet an Antique Book --
In just the Dress his Century wore --
A privilege -- I think --

His venerable Hand to take --
And warming in our own --
A passage back -- or two -- to make --
To Times when he -- was young --

His quaint opinions -- to inspect --
His thought to...Read more of this...

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