[Van Wyck Brooks - the Van Wyck mentioned in the last stanza, was Wheelock's college roommate at Harvard; the two published 'Verses of Two Undergraduates' in 1905 --Steve]
LOOK—on the topmost branches of the world
The blossoms of the myriad stars are thick;
Over the huddled rows of stone and brick,
A few, sad wisps of empty smoke are curled
Like ghosts, languid and sick.
One breathless moment now the city's moaning
Fades, and the endless streets seem vague and dim;