1930
One Thought Ever at the Fore
Composed by 
Ernst Bacon
Ernst Bacon Text by 
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman Songs at Parting Song Collection
"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.
Audio
One Thought Ever At the Fore
Thomas Hampson (baritone) & Wolfram Rieger (piano)1:48
Text
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.
Related Information
The Hampsong Foundation
hampsongfoundation.org/to-the-soul-song-texts-and-translations/#onethoughtSheet 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