KOKOSING

OLD KENYON, WE ARE LIKE KOKOSING,
OBEDIENT TO SOME STRANGE SPELL,
WHICH URGES US FROM ALL REPOSING;
FAREWELL, OLD KENYON,
FARE THEE WELL.


AND YET WE ARE NOT LIKE KOKOSING,
WHICH BEARETH NAUGHT UPON ITS SWELL
BUT FOAM OF MOTION’S OWN COMPOSING;
FAREWELL, OLD KENYON,
FARE THEE WELL.


BUT WHEN WE ARE FAR FROM KOKOSING,
WE STILL SHALL HEAR A CALLING BELL,
WHEN ROUND US EVENING SHADES ARE CLOSING;
FAREWELL, OLD KENYON,
FARE THEE WELL.


AND SEE A RIVER LIKE KOKOSING,
IN MEADOWS SWEET WITH ASPHODEL,
WHERE MEM’RY DWELLS DEAR PAST SUPPOSING;
FAREWELL, OLD KENYON,
FARE THEE WELL.



KOKOSING FAREWELL
⚞ORVILLE E. WATSON⚟