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I bargained with Life for a penny, and Life would pay no more. However I begged at the 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 willingly paid.

Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

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Born: December 8, 1869

Died: September 28, 1948 (aged 78)

Bio: Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Scollard, daughter of John Edward and Mary Rittenhouse, was a literary critic, compiler of anthologies, and poet.

Known for:

The door of dreams (1918)
The lifted cup (1921)
The younger American poets (1904)

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