One Thought Ever at the Fore

"One Thought Ever At The Fore" is the fifth song of Ernst Bacon's song collection Songs at Parting: A Selection of Poems by Walt Whitman.

Date: 1930Composer: Ernst BaconText: Walt WhitmanSong Collection: Songs at Parting

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    One Thought Ever at the Fore
    by Walt Whitman

    One thought ever at the fore –
    That in the Divine Ship, the World, breasting Time and Space,
    All Peoples of the globe together sail, sail the same voyage,
    Are bound to the same destination.

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    Songs at Parting

    Composer(s): Ernst Bacon

    Song(s): 1. Grand is the Seen
    2. The Last Invocation
    3. Darest Thou Now, O Soul
    4. Twilight
    5. One Thought Ever at the Fore
    6. Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
    7. Whispers of Heavenly Death
    8. The Sobbing of the Bells

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