{"id":782,"date":"2022-08-17T19:53:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T19:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=782"},"modified":"2025-09-29T02:42:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T02:42:45","slug":"my-friend-clem-rivera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=782","title":{"rendered":"My friend, Clem Rivera"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yes a wonderful friend, a wonderful person, with a wonderful family. I will miss him. He was 90 and if you look at his obituary below, you&#8217;ll see he lead a full life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dignitymemorial.com\/obituaries\/croton-on-hudson-ny\/clement-rivera-10886334\">Clem<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6a00d834525a2f69e202a308db8263200c-250wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12433\" title=\"Clement-rivera-croton-on-hudson-ny-obituary\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6a00d834525a2f69e202a308db8263200c-250wi.jpg 250w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6a00d834525a2f69e202a308db8263200c-250wi-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading c-hdgSans c-hdgSans_2 c-mix-hdgSans_inline\">Crossing the Bar<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"c-feature-sub c-feature-sub_vast\">\n<div><span class=\"c-txt c-txt_attribution\"> By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poets\/alfred-tennyson\">Alfred, Lord Tennyson<\/a> <\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"c-feature-bd\">\n<div class=\"o-poem isActive\" data-view=\"PoemView\">\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">Sunset and evening star,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And one clear call for me!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">And may there be no moaning of the bar,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When I put out to sea,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But such a tide as moving seems asleep,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Too full for sound and foam,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">When that which drew from out the boundless deep<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Turns again home.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Twilight and evening bell,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And after that the dark!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">And may there be no sadness of farewell,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When I embark;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For tho&#8217; from out our bourne of Time and Place<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The flood may bear me far,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">I hope to see my Pilot face to face<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When I have crost the bar.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes a wonderful friend, a wonderful person, with a wonderful family. I will miss him. He was 90 and if you look at his obituary below, you&#8217;ll see he lead a full life. Clem Crossing the Bar By Alfred, Lord Tennyson &nbsp; Sunset and evening star, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And one clear call for me! 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