"La zattera della Medusa" (1819), olio su tela, 491 x 716 cm, del pittore Theodore Gericault (Musee du Louvre, Parigi)
TESTO DEL LIED
"I am he . . ." di Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
I am he that aches with amorous love; Does the earth gravitate? Does not all matter, aching, attract all matter? So the Body of me, to all I meet, or know.