Oh let me run the River free
Great Levren ending in the Sea

By narrow passes through the plains
And open skies of sun and rain
By palm and cypress, pine and oak
And eddies swirling with each stroke

By ancient mounds of shell and bone
With blooming grass to crown their own
By heron, red tail, osprey, kite
And those who stir in depths of night

By bear and gator, boar and deer
They come to see our passing here
By stars that blaze in virgin sky
And moon that bats her silv’ry eye

By wind and waves to challenge strength
O’er distances of untold length
Oh let me run the River free
Great Levren ending in the Sea

Through the Labyrinth of the South
The maze by which are few ways out
Through Poinsett, Harney and Monroe
The southern lakes by which we row

By Riverbluff where all began
And Delk her sister in that land
By Evensfold, the marshes wide
And Northern Islands do we ride

Across the Great Lake’s wat’ry face
As violent storms its tempers raise
By Seven Sisters northward bound
Which run where courage must be found

Through Caiden’s Reach against the wind
To the last great City at world’s end
By sandy shores and gulls in flight
To where all land drops out of sight

Oh, to have run the River free
Great Levren ending in the Sea

-Daniel