Quotes from Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

I bargained with Life for a penny, And Life would pay no more, However I 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 have paid.

My debt to you, Belovèd, Is one I cannot pay In any coin of any realm On any reckoning day.