Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass (1871-72)

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This Moment, Yearning and Thoughtful.

THIS moment yearning and thoughtful, sitting alone,

It seems to me there are other men in other lands,
yearning and thoughtful;

It seems to me I can look over and behold them, in
         Germany, Italy, France, Spain—or far, far away,
         in China, or in Russia or India—talking other
         dialects;

And it seems to me if I could know those men, I should
become attached to them, as I do to men in my
own lands;

O I know we should be brethren and lovers,

I know I should be happy with them.

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