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 to measure a life.

Not what the sketch in the newspapers say
But how many will miss him now he’s passed away.