"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 just employer,

    He gives you what you ask,

But once you have set the wages,

      Why you 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."