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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A GOOD MAN, by CLYDE MCGEE 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX A CHRISTMAS WISH by CLYDE MCGEE |
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