When did Alfred, Lord Tennyson write Crossing the Bar?

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Lithograph portrait of Alfred, Lord Tennyson with wavy hair, a full beard, and a serious expression, shown in three-quarter view wearing a dark coat. — Alfred, Lord Tennyson Portrait of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, lithograph published in *The Modern Portrait Gallery*, 1890.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote his famous poem "Crossing the Bar" in 1889. He composed the work at the age of 80 while on a ferry trip to the Isle of Wight, and it was published later that same year in the collection Demeter and Other Poems.12