Let us carefully choose
From among these
Myriad gems of virtue
But a few tokens—
That we might hollow them out
To a mere shell of what they were,
So as to more easily carry them about
Wherever we go,
As a signal to all that
We hold virtue to be
Of the highest importance.
And let us encourage ourselves
In this endeavor
Only with the tacit understanding
That in letting our light
So shine among men,
We shall be heaping up
For ourselves rewards.
