"La zattera della Medusa" (1819), olio su tela, 491 x 716 cm, del pittore Theodore Gericault (Musee du Louvre, Parigi)
TESTO DEL LIED
"Gliding o'er all" di Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
Gliding o'er all, through all, Through Nature, Time, and Space, As a ship on the waters advancing, The voyage of the soul--not life alone, Death, many deaths I'll sing.