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CITIES: 7. NEW YORK by CALE YOUNG RICE

First Line: A YOUNG AMAZON
Last Line: OR PROUD MOTHER OF NEW AND MIGHTY TOMORROWS.
Subject(s): NEW YORK CITY; SEA; UNITED STATES; MANHATTAN; NEW YORK, NEW YORK; THE BIG APPLE; OCEAN; AMERICA;

A young Amazon
Towering over all cities
With beautiful strength,
Showing herself to ships coming in from the sea.
Half born of America,
Half of alien lands
That fate her to be the harlot of civilization
Or proud mother of new and mighty tomorrows.



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