I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;
For 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 paid!
by Jessie B. Rittenhouse
Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Scollard was born on 8 December 1870 in Mount Morris, New York, United States of America, as a daughter of John Edward Rittenhouse and Mary (MacArthur) Rittenhouse. She was married to Clinton Scollard (1860 - 1932) on 20 March 1924. She became a literary critic, a lecturer, a compiler of anthologies, and a poet. Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Scollard passed on at 77 years of age on 28 September 1948 in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America.
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;
For 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 paid!
by Jessie B. Rittenhouse
Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Scollard was born on 8 December 1870 in Mount Morris, New York, United States of America, as a daughter of John Edward Rittenhouse and Mary (MacArthur) Rittenhouse. She was married to Clinton Scollard (1860 - 1932) on 20 March 1924. She became a literary critic, a lecturer, a compiler of anthologies, and a poet. Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Scollard passed on at 77 years of age on 28 September 1948 in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America.
