"La zattera della Medusa" (1819), olio su tela, 491 x 716 cm, del pittore Theodore Gericault (Musee du Louvre, Parigi)
TESTO DEL LIED
"To All, To Each" di Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
Come lovely and soothing death, Undulate round the world, serenely arriving, arriving, In the day, in the night, to all, to each, Sooner or later, delicate death.