 | Jessie Belle Rittenhouse - 1918 - 84 pages
...terror, danger, pain, and death ! — And yet how many lives must be Like inland waters by the sea. MY WAGE I BARGAINED with Life for a penny, And Life...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... | |
 | 1919 - 900 pages
...human activity, what we achieve depends chiefly on what we demand of ourselves and our circumstances. "I bargained with Life for a penny, And Life would...more However I begged at, evening "When I counted mv scantv store. For Life is a just employer, She pays you what you ask, But once you have set the... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...deeds give strength to life, only moderation gives it charm. JEAN PAUL RICHTER— Titan. Zykel 145. 5 le Talk. L. 591. 9 On the summit see, The seals of office JESSIE B. RITTENHOUSE — My Wage. 6 I worked for a menial's hire, Only to learn, dismayed, That any... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - 1925 - 490 pages
...Be acceptable in thy sight, 0 Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. MY WAGE BY JESSIE B. RITTENHOUSE I bargained with Life for a penny, And Life would...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. 1 worked for a menial's... | |
 | Ednah Aiken - 1928 - 378 pages
...you, this morning. Could I have lost it — ah, here it is. Mere verse, but — well, you'll tell me: I bargained with Life for a penny, And Life would...begged at evening When I counted my scanty store. I worked for a menial's hire, Only to learn, dismayed, That any wage I had asked of Life, Life would... | |
 | Napoleon Hill, W. Clement Stone - 1991 - 324 pages
...'aim high in life, to demand prosperity and abundance, than is required to accept misery and poverty. I bargained with life for a penny, And life would...counted my scanty store. For life is a just employer, it gives you what you ask, But once you have set the wages, Why, you must bear the task. I worked for... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 pages
...OPPENHEIMER, The Open Mind, p. 144 (1955). 1098 Life is not so important as the duties of life. 1099 I bargained with Life for a penny, And Life would...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... | |
 | Willie Jolley - 1997 - 208 pages
...going out and eating from the banquet table of life's successes. This poem illustrates this point. / Bargained with Life for a Penny, And Life Would Pay...Counted My Scanty Store. For Life Is a Just Employer, And Gives You What You Ask But Once You Have Set the Wages, Why, Then You Must Bear the Task. / Worked... | |
 | Talane Miedaner - 2000 - 306 pages
...freedom and independence to do what you want — and who wouldn't want that? 2,6. EARN WHAT You DESERVE / bargained with Life for a penny. And Life would pay...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... | |
 | Raymond Barber - 2000 - 182 pages
...that your life pays will depend upon the initial investment that you make. The poet put it this way: I bargained with life for a penny, And life would pay no more. However I begged that evening When I counted my scanty store; For life is a just employer: He gives you what you ask;... | |
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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. "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... 
