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Rh I am to wait—I do not doubt I am to meet you
 * again,

I am to see to it that I do not lose you.



moment as I sit alone, yearning and thoughtful,
 * 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 better,
 * I should become attached to them, as I do to men
 * in my own lands.

It seems to me they are as wise, beautiful, benevolent,
 * as any in my own lands;

O I know we should be brethren and lovers, I know I should be happy with them.



it is charged against me that I seek to destroy
 * institutions;

But really I am neither for nor against institutions, (What indeed have I in common with them?—Or
 * what with the destruction of them?)