Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark; And may there be no sadness of 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 crost t. (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)

Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark; And may there be no sadness of 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 crost t.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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