A Good Man
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
I
A good man never dies--
In worthy deed and prayer
And helpful hands, and honest eyes,
If smiles or tears be there:
Who lives for you and me--
Lives for the world he tries
To help--he lives eternally.
A good man never dies.
II
Who lives to bravely take
His share of toil and stress,
And, for his weaker fellows' sake,
Makes every burden less,--
He may, at last, seem worn--
Lie fallen--hands and eyes
Folded--yet, though we mourn and mourn,
A good man never dies.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AbabcacA dedefafA |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 455 |
Words | 90 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
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