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<div></div><div id="poem-top"><h1>Crossing the Bar</h1></div><div id="about-top"><div><h1><a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174588#poem"><font color="#0066cc">Crossing the Bar</font></a></h1></div></div><span>By <a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/alfred-tennyson"><font color="#0066cc"> Alfred, Lord Tennyson</font></a> <span>1809–1892</span></span> <span>Alfred, Lord Tennyson</span> <div id="poem">
<div><div style="padding-left:1em">Sunset and evening star, </div><div style="padding-left:1em"> And one clear call for me! </div><div style="padding-left:1em">And may there be no moaning of the bar, </div><div style="padding-left:1em">
When I put out to sea, </div><br><div style="padding-left:1em"> But such a tide as moving seems asleep, </div><div style="padding-left:1em"> Too full for sound and foam, </div><div style="padding-left:1em">When that which drew from out the boundless deep </div>
<div style="padding-left:1em"> Turns again home. </div><br><div style="padding-left:1em"> Twilight and evening bell, </div><div style="padding-left:1em"> And after that the dark! </div><div style="padding-left:1em">
And may there be no sadness of farewell, </div><div style="padding-left:1em"> When I embark; </div><br><div style="padding-left:1em"> For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place </div><div style="padding-left:1em">
The flood may bear me far, </div><div style="padding-left:1em">I hope to see my Pilot face to face </div><div style="padding-left:1em"> When I have crost the bar. </div></div></div></div></div>