 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...f;rte ! [date, Steel could the labour ot the gods dcitroy, And Itrike to duit th' imperial tow'rsuf :Troy: Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder,tlu n,f:iirNymph ! thy hairs (honld The conqu'ring force :>f unrt filled lleel? [fed CANTO IV.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 558 pages
...date, And monuments, like men, fubmit to fate ! Steel could the labour of the Gods deflroy, Aid ftrike to duft th' imperial tow'rs of Troy ; Steel could...confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. 176 What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs mould feel The conqu'ring force of unrefifted Steel ?... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 550 pages
...date, Ajid monuments, like men, fubmit to fate ! Steel could the labour of the Gods deftroy, And ftrike to duft th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the...confound, An>d hew triumphal arches to the ground. 176 What wonder then, fair nymph! thy hairs mould feel The conqu'ring force of unrefifted Steel ? NOTES.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 444 pages
...is at thq end of the third Canto : . i Steel did the labours of the gods defrroy, Andjlrikc to duji th' imperial tow'rs of Troy, Steel could the -works...confound^ And hew triumphal arches to the ground. Here he moft impudently attributes the demolition of Dunkirk, not to the pleafure of her Majefty, or... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 442 pages
...is at the end of the third Canto : Steel did the labours of the gods deftroy, Andftrike to duft tb' imperial tow'rs of Troy, Steel could the works of...confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground' Here he molt impudently attributes the demolition of Dunkirk, not to the pleafure of her Majefty, or... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 446 pages
...is at the end of the third Canto : Steel did the labours of the gods deftroy, Andjlrlke to duft tb' imperial tow'rs of Troy, Steel could the works of...confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. Here he moft impudently attributes the demolition of Dunkirk, not to the pleafure of her Majefty, or... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...monuments, like men, suhmit to fate ! Steel could the lahour of the gods destroy, And strike to dust the' imperial tow'rs of Troy ; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew trinmphal arches to the ground. . What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hair should feel The conquering... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1807 - 316 pages
...monuments, like men, suhmit to fate ! Steel could the lahour of the gods destroy, And strike to dust the imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, 175 And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hair should feel The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...submit to fate ! Steel could the labour of the gods destroy, And strike to dust the' imperial towers of Troy ; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound,...to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hair should feel The conquering force of unresisted steel ?' CANTO IV. But anxious cares the pensive... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 496 pages
...is at the end of the third canto: Steel did the labours of the gods destroy, And strike to dust th1 imperial tow'rs of Troy. Steel could the works of...confound. And hew triumphal arches to the ground. ~ Here he most impudently attributes the demolition of Dunkirk, not to the pleasure of her majesty,... | |
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What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date, And monuments, like men, submit to fate ! Steel could the labour of the Gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal... 
