I <br /> <br />A good man never dies-- <br />In worthy deed and prayer <br />And helpful hands, and honest eyes, <br />If smiles or tears be there: <br />Who lives for you and me-- <br />Lives for the world he tries <br />To help--he lives eternally. <br />A good man never dies. <br /> <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />Who lives to bravely take <br />His share of toil and stress, <br />And, for his weaker fellows' sake, <br />Makes every burden less,-- <br />He may, at last, seem worn-- <br />Lie fallen--hands and eyes <br />Folded--yet, though we mourn and mourn, <br />A good man never dies.<br /><br />James Whitcomb Riley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-good-man-5/
