Some words are deeper than the voice can say,
Than tongue or lips can ever hope to speak.
This does not keep the tongue or voice away:
They say them every day, but are too weak
To plumb the depths in which the heart can feel.
Among these words count honor, faith, and trust,
Care for the good, and for the commonweal,
The hope to be - and act - faithfully just,
And then for mercy when that hope falls short,
Coupled with forgiveness for all wrong:
The wish to, at the furthest, last resort
Hold by our principles, firm, fast, and strong.
But chief among them count the virtue of
A constant, common, and comingled love.
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