This is a "little work" as Thomas of Celano calls it, of St. Francis. It is a great piece of writing to meditate upon. I would have preferred to use the translation given in the Omnibus, Vol I, Chapter 3, p. 132-134, in "Writings of Saint Francis," but this is a hefty book which doesn't want to stay open, and it is a lot of typing. I have taken this writing from FA:ED which is  franciscantradition.org. /fss

The Praises of the Virtues
Thomas of Celano in “Writings of Saint Francis” Part 3.

(The author of this little poem is St. Francis of Assisi)

Hail, Queen Wisdom!
May the Lord protect You,
with Your Sister, holy pure Simplicity!
Lady holy Poverty,
may the Lord protect You,
with Your Sister, holy Humility!
Lady holy Charity,
may the Lord protect You,
with Your Sister, holy Obedience.
Most holy Virtues,
may the Lord protect all of You
from Whom You come and proceed.

There is surely no one in the whole world
who can possess any one of You
without dying first.
Whoever possesses one
and does not offend the others
possesses all.
Whoever offends one
does not possess any
and offends all.
  And each one confounds vice and sin.

Holy Wisdom confounds
Satan and all his cunning.
Pure holy Simplicity confounds
all the wisdom of this world
and the wisdom of the body.
Holy Poverty confounds
the desire for riches,
greed,
and the cares of this world.
Holy Humility confounds
pride,
all people who are in the world
and all that is in the world.
Holy Charity confounds
every diabolical and carnal temptation
and every carnal fear.
Holy Obedience confounds
every corporal and carnal wish,
binds its mortified body
to obedience of the Spirit
and obedience to one’s brother,
so that it is
subject and submissive
to everyone in the world,
not only to people
but to every beast and wild animal as well
that they may do whatever they want with it
insofar as it has been given to them
from above by the Lord.

FA:ED, vol. 1, 164-165