Crossing The Bar
- Words:
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Music:
- Sir Joseph Barnby
Sheet music
- 1Sunset and evening star,And one clear call for me!And may there be no moaning of the barWhen 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 deepTurns again home.
- 2(Twilight and evening bell,)Twilight and evening bell,And after that the dark!And may there be no sadness of farewellWhen I embark;For though from out our bourne of time and placeThe flood may bear me far,I hope to see my Pilot face to faceWhen I have crossed the bar.Amen.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1889, the words are in 212 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.