One of the pieces is "All seems beautiful to me ", a setting of "Song of the Open Road", 5, a #poem by #Walt #Whitman 1819 1892
"From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines,"

At first I read it as a kind of libertarian credo, where sentiments like "my undeniable will" is uncomfortably like what despots indulge in. But in fact some commentary shows that it is simply a hymn to travelling freely, a very #American #literary theme.