Crossing the Bar
1889
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   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,

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   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,

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      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,

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I hope to see my Pilot face to face
      When I have crost the bar.