1952
The Divine Ship
Composed by 
Ernst Bacon
Ernst Bacon Text by 
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman Quiet Airs Song Collection
"The Divine Ship" can be found as the third song in Ernst Bacon's volume Quiet Airs. This song is Bacon's second setting of this specific Whitman poem. His first setting was published in 1930, entitled "One Thought Ever at the Fore." as part of his Songs at Parting: A Selection of Walt Whitman's Poems song cycle.
Text
The Divine Ship
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.
Sheet Music
Quiet Airs
Ernst Bacon
1. Twilight
2. Gentle Greeting
3. The Divine Ship
4. Of Love
5. Eden
6. The Little Stone
7. Fond Affection
8. Stars
9. The Heart
10. Song of Snow-White Heads
11. The Lamb
12. To Musique, To Becalme His Fever
2. Gentle Greeting
3. The Divine Ship
4. Of Love
5. Eden
6. The Little Stone
7. Fond Affection
8. Stars
9. The Heart
10. Song of Snow-White Heads
11. The Lamb
12. To Musique, To Becalme His Fever