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Crossing the Bar

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Form
Form Poem
Year
Year 1889
Pages
Pages 1

An old man waits for the tide to turn and carry him out past the harbor bar. He asks for a still sea, no tears at the dock, and hopes to meet his guide face to face on the other side.

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,
Crossing the Bar, Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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