Not 'How did he die?' but 'How did he live?'
Not 'What did he gain?' but 'What did he give?'
These are the units that measure the worth
Of a man, as a man, no matter his birth.
Not 'What was his Church?'
Nor 'What was his creed?'
But his work and his care
For those people in need:
His strength for his children,
His love for his wife.
These are the units
That measure a life.
Not what the sketch
In the newspapers say,
But how many will miss him
Now he's passed a away.
Anon