It would be best if I was always one
Who said just what he meant, and said it true;
But this, for me, is not so simply done
I cannot say how it might be for you

Integrity: it is a thing aspired,
A wish I have, that is yet unfulfilled:
I know it’s very much to be desired,
And I am sure it’s everything it’s billed

But yet I’m here, inconstant as the waves,
With moods that push me here and pull me there;
A man who stands, or walks, or runs, or caves,
With all the firm solidity of air

But still I wish with all my heart to be
A man of honor and
Integrity