ART OF EUROPE

Alfred Tennyson - Crossing The Bar

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 bourn 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.