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 "title": "This Moment Yearning and Thoughtful",
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 "poet": "Walt Whitman",
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 "book": "Leaves of Grass",
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  "year": 1860,
  "venue": "Leaves of Grass (Boston, 1860–61)",
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   "https://archive.org/details/leavesgrass03whitgoog"
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  "rights": "public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931)"
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  "last_checked": "2026-08-12"
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    "text": "This moment yearning and thoughtful sitting alone,",
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   {
    "text": "It seems to me there are other men in other lands yearning and thoughtful,",
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   {
    "text": "It seems to me I can look over and behold them in Germany, Italy, France, Spain,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Or far, far away, in China, or in Russia or Japan, talking other dialects,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "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,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "O I know we should be brethren and lovers,",
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   {
    "text": "I know I should be happy with them.",
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