And may there be no sadness of farewell When I embark.I think the speaker is speculating his death. The above quote states that he does not want anyone to cry when he passes on. This immediately reminded me of the Brad Paisley song "When I Get Where I'm Going", which says:
Yeah when I get where I'm going,Line 15 says, "I hope to see my Pilot face to face." I believe the Pilot is meant to be God (it is capitalized . . .). The speaker is not afraid of dying because he is a believer; he hopes to go to Heaven. He does not fear death; rather, he simply observes and ponders what it will be like.
there'll be only happy tears.I will shed the sins and struggles,
I have carried all these years.
And I'll leave my heart wide open,
I will love and have no fear.
Yeah when I get where I'm going,
Don't cry for me down here.
Also, I found some repetition at the end of each little section of the poem. The first set ends with "When I put out to sea" (line 4). The second set ends with "When that which drew from out the boundless deep turns again home" (lines 7-8). The third set ends with "When I embark" (line 12). The fourth and final set ends with "when I have crossed the bar" (line 16). Each of these phrases represents the moment of the speaker's death.
Until next Time,
Alysse
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