Virtue!
I always shall glue to you;
And Vice!
I have an advice,
Keep away from me.
Vice!
I know your rule;
You enter softly,
And settle quietly,
As if forever.
And Vice,
You look nice;
You play your mischief,
We fall into disbelief,
"Can this be so?"
We are used by you,
And trapped by you.
You are convinced,
You have won,
We are done.
But O Vice!
You do not know Virtue,
To which I glue.
You are not even a dot
In the cosmos of virtue.
And O Virtue!
Your domain spreads
From sky to earth
And?the seas beneath.
You are silent, invisible,
Unassuming you;
And surely invincible.
O Vice!
You are a dot;
You are not our lot.
You enter softly,
And settle as if forever.
But when virtue opens its eyes,
To flames, O vice, you are consigned.
You lose your own game
And only virtue prevails;
From sky to earth,
And seas beneath.
Eternal, universal,
O Virtue,
I call you ubiquity.
O virtue,
I shall always glue to you.
I always shall glue to you;
And Vice!
I have an advice,
Keep away from me.
Vice!
I know your rule;
You enter softly,
And settle quietly,
As if forever.
And Vice,
You look nice;
You play your mischief,
We fall into disbelief,
"Can this be so?"
We are used by you,
And trapped by you.
You are convinced,
You have won,
We are done.
But O Vice!
You do not know Virtue,
To which I glue.
You are not even a dot
In the cosmos of virtue.
And O Virtue!
Your domain spreads
From sky to earth
And?the seas beneath.
You are silent, invisible,
Unassuming you;
And surely invincible.
O Vice!
You are a dot;
You are not our lot.
You enter softly,
And settle as if forever.
But when virtue opens its eyes,
To flames, O vice, you are consigned.
You lose your own game
And only virtue prevails;
From sky to earth,
And seas beneath.
Eternal, universal,
O Virtue,
I call you ubiquity.
O virtue,
I shall always glue to you.
