Supertall New York at Night

New York At Night - Poem by Amy Lowell

Below, straight streets, monotonous, 
From north and south, from east and west, 
Stretch glittering; and luminous 
Above, one tower tops the rest 
And holds aloft man's constant quest: 
Time! Joyless emblem of the greed 
Of millions, robber of the best 
Which earth can give, the vulgar creed 
Has seared upon the night its flaming ruthless screed. 
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World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan