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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A GOOD MAN, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: A good man never dies
Last Line: A good man never dies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Death; Life; Mourning; Dead, The; Bereavement
First Line: A good man never dies
Last Line: A good man never dies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Death; Life; Mourning; Dead, The; Bereavement
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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