Crossing the bar [Alfred Lord Tennyson]

[Rodney Mills]

For those curious about the term Crossing the Bar:

Sunset and evening star,
and one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning at 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 or 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.


Alfred Lord Tennyson

[Keith at Tregenna]

THANKS:

Merchant Navy Day Commemoration Service:

SUNDAY, 16TH SEPTEMBER 2012, TRINITY GARDENS, TOWER HILL, LONDON:

K.