Alfred Lord Tennyson (
1809-
1892)
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.
Though it was not his last poem, Tennyson requested that it appear as the final poem in all collections of his work. Metanoders take note!