Posthumous Fame

Some become wealthy and famous in the easy way But for some 'tis much harder that's life as some say And some are born as anonmyous and poor and that's how they remain In the Human World many destined for to lose for a few for to gain And one fact of human life since facts never lie Is that some become famous after they die But long after you die if many your greatness does recall To you that will not be of any value at all What use to the dead when the living remember them for their fame Since anonymity and renown to them all the same When their praises are sung the dead cannot hear They are past joy and laughter and sorrow and fear Posthumous fame of no use to the dead I am only saying here what has often been said.