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Leaves of Grass (1871-72)
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This Moment, Yearning and Thoughtful.
| THIS moment yearning and thoughtful, sitting alone, |
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It seems to me there are other men in other lands,
yearning and thoughtful; |
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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; |
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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. |