Volume 4, Number 1 , Fall 1970
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Volume 4, Number 1 , Fall 1970 |
Dr. R. M. Good, President emeritus School of the Ozarks, says I do not know who wrote this poem which I read and memorized long ago;
I bargained with life for a penny And life would pay me no more Though I begged at every tide When I counted my scanty store For life is a just employer And will pay you what you ask But when you have set the wages Then you must bear the task I worked for a menial's hire Only to find dismayed Whatever I had asked of life Life would have gladly paid.Dr. Good asks "What are we bargaining for in this life?" [4] |
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