The Walt Whitman Archive
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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;
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;
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;
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.