1930
The Last Invocation
Composed by 
Ernst Bacon
Ernst Bacon Text by 
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman Songs at Parting Song Collection
"The Last Invocation" is the second song of Ernst Bacon's song collection Songs at Parting: A Selection of Poems by Walt Whitman.
Image: Walt Whitman, ca. 1860, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Digital ID: cwpbh 00752
Text
The Last Invocation
by Walt Whitman
At the last, tenderly,
From the walls of the powerful fortress’d house,
From the clasp of the knitted locks, from the keep of the well-closed doors,
Let me be wafted.
Let me glide noiselessly forth;
With the key of softness unlock the locks–with a whisper,
Set ope the doors O soul.
Tenderly–be not impatient,
(Strong is your hold O mortal flesh,
Strong is your hold O love.)
Sheet Music
Songs at Parting
Ernst Bacon
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
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