In  the  first  place  the  prayer  is :  —

"  May  there  be  no  moaning  of  the  bar
When  I  put  out  to  aee."

In  the  third  stanza  there  is  a  sense  of  be
ing  nearer  to  separation  from  the  things
of  time  and  the  dear  ones  here :  —


In  the  third  the  night  is  creeping  fur-
ther on,  the  sun  has  set,  and  then  come


We  cannot  profess  to  have  come  near
exhausting  the  meaning  of  this  transcend-
ent poem.  Every  word  in  this  beautiful
utterance  of  that  great  soul  deserves  to  be
meditated.  We  must  be  content  to  have
helped  to  elucidate  some  of  its  parts;  and
we  may  be  permitted  for  a  moment  to
point  out  that  the  poet's  prayer  was
answered  in  full.  When  Tennyson  died,
many  particulars  of  his  passing  away
were  permitted  to  be  made  public ;  and
these  have  been  supplemented  by  the
Memoir.
