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Sunset and Evening Star
Verse 1
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,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea,
Verse 2
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.
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Verse 3
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of fare-well
When I embark;
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of fare-well
When I embark;
Verse 4
For, though 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.
Amen
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.
Amen
Tennyson's reflective poem on approaching death and eternity, adapted as a hymn.