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<h2><SPAN name="Crossing" id="Crossing"></SPAN>CROSSING THE BAR</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span>Sunset and evening star,<br/></span> <span class="i1">And one clear call for me!<br/></span> <span>And may there be no moaning of the bar,<br/></span> <span class="i1">When I put out to sea,<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>But such a tide as moving seems asleep,<br/></span> <span class="i1">Too full for sound and foam,<br/></span> <span>When that which drew from out the boundless deep<br/></span> <span class="i1">Turns again home.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>Twilight and evening bell,<br/></span> <span class="i1">And after that the dark!<br/></span> <span>And may there be no sadness of farewell,<br/></span> <span class="i1">When I embark;<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place<br/></span> <span class="i1">The flood may bear me far,<br/></span> <span>I hope to see my Pilot face to face<br/></span> <span class="i1">When I have crost the bar.<br/></span></div> </div> <p class="citation"><span class="smcap">Tennyson</span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />