by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
One thought ever at the fore
Language: English
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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Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "One thought ever at the fore" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "One thought ever at the fore", published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Songs at Parting: A Selection of Walt Whitman's Poems, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "The divine ship", published 1952 [ voice and piano ], from Quiet Airs, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Peter Pindar Stearns (b. 1931), "One thought ever at the fore", published 1959 [ voice and piano ], from Whitman Cycle IV [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Eugene Ward (1917 - 2013), "All Peoples of the Globe Together Sail", published 1979 [ mixed chorus, soprano and baritone soli, optional narrator, orchestra ], from Fifth Symphony: Canticles of America [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-05-30
Line count: 4
Word count: 34