From
Leaves of Grass, by
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
Japan, 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.