Crossing the Bar

This poem has a tone of acceptance. The speaker thinks of his death and how he would want to die. He wanted a peaceful death without sad goodbyes. The sand bar eventually ends and leads to deep water. This means that in death he looks to the afterlife. He hopes to see the 'Pilot', which is God. The pilot of a plane controls the plane and God controls life. He is accepting of his death and is fine with dying.