This Moment Yearning and Thoughtful
1819-1892
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 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.
DayPoems Poem No. 1935
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/1935.html">This Moment Yearning and Thoughtful by Walt Whitman</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
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