Tuesday, March 17, 2009

What I live For

I bargained with Life for a penny
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 you what you ask,

But once you have set the wages,

Why, you must 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 gladly paid!


What I live For

I live for those who love me,
For those who know me true,
For the Heaven that smiles above me,

And awaits my spirit too;

For the cause that lacks assistance,
For the wrong that needs resistance,

For the future in the distance,

And the good that I can do.

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