"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 what you ask,
But once you have set your wages,
Why, you must bear the task.

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

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