The Towers and the Night + 

Over the White Way’s flood of light, + 

Over its sea of fiery flowers, + 

Arose the voice of the ancient Night + 

And the youthful Towers: + 

“O Night of nations passed,” the Towers said, + 

“One day stood high your monuments, but now + 

Your highest pyramid must lift its head + 

To see the lights that crown our City’s brow.” + 

“But man,” replied the Night, “shall crown the stars + 

With flowers of thought divine, + 

And write his name upon a monument + 

Greater than yours and mine.” + 