In Order

In this, our Faire academy, we learn
Through service; we are Order taught, and then
Through service we our characters do earn,
And rise in station through our acumen.
In order each doth serve; from baseborn churl
To reigning prince responsibility
To others flows, and thence, from prince and world
To that one Sovereign Source of all degree.
As each is servant to that One above,
By virtue of descending Grace we rise
In orderly ascent. Fealty and love
Are met in graceful service in this wise:
Obedience rises from the lesser state,
And meets with trust and mercy from the great.