Day 22 - Work

this is my first villanelle, so beware

If this day should be my last
would my name be praised?
And would they say a good man passed?

Would some be sad and some aghast,
perhaps wailing from the crazed,
if this day should be my last?

Who would say the die was cast
at dinner while they grazed?
And would they say a good man passed?

Several years before the mast,
decades in the maze.
If this day should be my last...

Looked, and it was vast.
Heard, and it was praised.
And would they say a good man passed?

It shouldn't be done fast,
great works are slowly raised.
...if this day should be my last...
And would they say a good man passed?