by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
That shadow, my likeness
Language: English
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.
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1 omitted by Borzoni, Rorem.
2 Borzoni: "these"
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
1 omitted by Borzoni, Rorem.
2 Borzoni: "these"
Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "That shadow, my likeness" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Clint Borzoni , "That shadow, my likeness" [ voice and piano ], from A Live-Oak Growing, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "That shadow, my likeness", 1983 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "That shadow, my likeness" [ men's chorus, 12 brass, and timpani ], from Whitman Cantata [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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