Jessie B. Rittenhouse: I worked for a menial's hire, Only to learn, dismayed, That any wage I had asked of Life, Life would have paid.

I worked for a menial's hire, Only to learn, dismayed, That any wage I had asked — Jessie B. Rittenhouse

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

Jessie B. Rittenhouse

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