That shadow, my likeness, that goes to and fro, seeking a livelihood, chattering, chaffering; How often I find myself standing and looking at it where it flits, How often I question and doubt whether that is really me; -- But [in these, and]1 among my lovers, and caroling [my]2 songs, O I never doubt whether that is really me.
Whitman Cantata
Song Cycle by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022)
?. That shadow, my likeness  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "That shadow, my likeness"
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View original text (without footnotes)1 omitted by Borzoni, Rorem.
2 Borzoni: "these"
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
Total word count: 58