CHICAGO: Hog Butcher for the World,
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders.
Source: Chicago in Chicago Poems (1916).
-- Carl Sandburg, (Jan 6 1878-1967), US poet, biographer; He is remembered for his vigorous free verse in The People, Yes, 1936 and his biography of Lincoln.