Sometimes I go about in pity for myself
and all the while
A great wind is bearing me across the sky.

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Ojibwa Indian text quoted by Peter Matthiessen in Nine-Headed Dragon River

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The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Annea Lockwood , "The Angle of Repose", 1991 [ baritone, alto flute, khaen ]
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