There were two of us in the end trying to find
The holy answer and stop this eternal grind
I was the closest but ended up screwed
Yet eternal history left me the most shrewd
It was my grit, gall, persistence and moxie
That left me in history books as the most foxie
When I melted I'd take men's hearts..
I'd raise them up, then drop them off the charts..
One in particular so obsessed he got..
Found debtor's prison his unfortunate lot..
I'd erase their names from the papers and print
Successors got the same until one got the hint..
WHO AM I??