Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Home Poems Poets Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Poems My Wage by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse I bargained with Life for a penny, And Life would pay no more, Windows by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse I looked through others' windows On an enchanted earth, The Door of Dreams by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse I often passed the Door of Dreams But never stepped inside, In the Green Mountains by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse I dare not look away From beauty such as this, The Snare by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Many birds will fly away From the cages that I build, See more Jessie Belle Rittenhouse poems. Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Quotes 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. – Jessie Belle RittenhouseMy Wage “ And yet there is a mystery I cannot understand— That others through my window See an enchanted land. – Jessie Belle RittenhouseWindows “ Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Places Jessie Belle Rittenhouse's Birthplace Jessie Belle Rittenhouse's College: Genessee Wesleyan Seminary in Lima, New York Jessie Belle Rittenhouse's Place of Death Other New York Poets Walt Whitman | (American, 1819-1892) Julia Ward Howe | (American, 1819-1910) Emma Lazarus | (American, 1849-1887) Hilda Conkling | (American, 1910-1986) John Jay Chapman | (American, 1862-1933)