I worked for a menial’s hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have willingly paid.

Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

Tags: money inspirational goals work self-help career jobs wage

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My debt to you, Beloved, is one I cannot pay, in any coin of any realm, on any reckoning day.

Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

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I bargained with Life for a penny,
and Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;

Life is a just employer.
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.

I worked for a menial's hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have willingly paid

Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

Tags: life learning poetry wealth philosophy poem poets ageing wages hire

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