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THEODORE ROOSEVELT by MORRIS ABEL BEER

First Line: A BOY OF OLD MANHATTAN
Last Line: BECAME A NATION'S TOWER!
Subject(s): PRESIDENTS, UNITED STATES; ROOSEVELT, THEODORE (1858-1919);

@3A@1 BOY of old Manhattan,
A boy as you and I,
Once watched its towers rising
Until they spanned the sky.

A boy of old Manhattan,
With granite in his soul,
Beheld the star of Lincoln
Above his steepled goal!

A boy of old Manhattan
Built upward hour by hour;
The edifice he visioned
Became a nation's tower!



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