Evidence: | '"Crossing the Bar" was written in my father's eighty-first year, on a day in October when we came from Aldworth to Farringford. Before reaching Farringford he had the Moaning of the Bar in his mind, and after dinner he showed me this poem written out.
'I said, "That is the crown of your life's work." He answered, "It came in a moment." He explained the "Pilot" as "That Divine and Unseen Who is always guiding us."
'A few days before my father's death he said to me: "Mind you put 'Crossing the Bar' at the end of all editions of my poems."' |
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Century: | 1800-1849, 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Oct 1889 and 31 Oct 1889 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Isle of Wight specific address: Farringford |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Hallam Tennyson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1852 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Alfred Tennyson |
Title: | 'Crossing the Bar' |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 22999 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Hallam Tennyson | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1897 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 366-367 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (London, 1897), 2, p. 366-367, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22999, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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