CROSSING THE BAR

By

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Sunset and evening star

And one clear call for me!

And may there be no moaning of the bar,

When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,

Too full for sound and foam,

When that which drew from out the boundless deep

Turns again home

Twilight and evening bell

And after that the dark

And may there be no sadness of farewell,

When I embark;

For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place

The flood may bear me far

I hope to see my Pilot face to face

When I have crossed the bar.

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