Walt Whitman

Book V. Calamus: 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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