This Moment, Yearning And Thoughtful

Walt Whitman

   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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