Text:Sunset and evening star
Author:Alfred Tennyson
Tune:CROSSING THE BAR
Composer:Joseph Barnby

438. Sunset and evening star

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,

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.

3 Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell
When I embark;

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.

Text Information
First Line: Sunset and evening star
Author: Alfred Tennyson (1889)
Meter: Irregular
Publication Date: 1950
Topic: The Life Everlasting; Eternal Life; Funeral Services (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: CROSSING THE BAR
Composer: Joseph Barnby (1893)
Meter: Irregular
Key: C Major
Copyright: Tune used by permission of Novello and Company, Ltd.



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