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31 What do you seek, so
pensive and silent?
What do you need, Camerado?
Dear son! do you think it is love?
32 Listen, dear son — listen, America, daughter or son!
It is a painful thing to love a man or woman to ex- cess — and yet it satisfies — it is great;
But there is something else very great — it makes the whole coincide;
It, magnificent, beyond materials, with continuous hands, sweeps and provides for all.
What do you need, Camerado?
Dear son! do you think it is love?
32 Listen, dear son — listen, America, daughter or son!
It is a painful thing to love a man or woman to ex- cess — and yet it satisfies — it is great;
But there is something else very great — it makes the whole coincide;
It, magnificent, beyond materials, with continuous hands, sweeps and provides for all.
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