Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A GOOD MAN, by CLYDE MCGEE


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A GOOD MAN, by                    
First Line: He lived a very blameless life
Last Line: But none remembered quite his name.
Subject(s): Angels; Death; Good; Heaven; Dead, The; Paradise


He lived a very blameless life,
Was faithful to his home and wife;
In all things he was circumspect—
He was, indeed, of the elect.

None ever heard him curse or swear,
Each step he took he watched with care;
To protest wrong, or to rebel
He thought was not respectable.

No tumults raged his soul within,
He knew not suffering nor sin;
Though others mourned, he never wept,
And when they danced he likely slept.

And, then, one day the Doctor said
He very properly was dead.
A good man he, and free from blame,
But none remembered quite his name.





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