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Before me floats an image, man or shade Lyrics by Michael Tippett

Byzantium

1991

Before me floats an image, man or shade
Shade more than man, more image than a shade;
For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cloth
May unwind the winding path;
A mouth that has no moisture and no breath
Breathless mouths may summon;
I hail the superhuman;
I call it death-in-life and life-in-death

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"Before me floats an image, man or shade" appears on "Byzantium" in 1991.

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