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Jessie Belle Rittenhouse


Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Poems

  1. My Wage
    by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse
    I bargained with Life for a penny,
    And Life would pay no more,
  2. Windows
    by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse
    I looked through others' windows
    On an enchanted earth,
  3. The Door of Dreams
    by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse
    I often passed the Door of Dreams
    But never stepped inside,
  4. In the Green Mountains
    by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse
    I dare not look away
    From beauty such as this,
  5. The Snare
    by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse
    Many birds will fly away
    From the cages that I build,

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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 Rittenhouse
My Wage

And yet there is a mystery
I cannot understand—
That others through my window
See an enchanted land.

– Jessie Belle Rittenhouse
Windows

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

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