 And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph! thy hairs should feel The conqu'ring force of unresisted steel?  The Works of Alexander Pope - Page 369by Alexander Pope - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift - 1813 - 412 pages
...the third canto -. Steel did the labours of the gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial tqw'rs of Troy. Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew trinmphal arches to the ground. Here he most impudently attributes the demolition oi Dunkirk, not to... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 516 pages
...the third canto: Steel did the labours of the gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy. Steel could the works of mortal pride confound,...but to the frequent instigations of his friend Mr Steele. A very artful pun, to conceal his wicked lampoonry! The game at ombre is a mystical representation... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 pages
...submit to fate ! Steel could the labour of the gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial powers of Troy ; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs should feel The conquering force of unresisted steel ? CANTO... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 pages
...submit to Fate. Steel could the labour of the gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial powers of Troy ; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs should feel The conquering force of unresisted steel ? CANTO... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 308 pages
...to fate! [date, 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, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph! thy hair should feel The conquering force of unresisted steel ?' CANTO... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 pages
...inontis aper, fluvios dum piscis amabit, Semper honos, nomenque tuum, laudesque manebunt." Virg. P. Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. 176 What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs should feel The conqu'ring force of unresisted Steel ?... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...submit to fate! Steel could the labour of the gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial towr's t rest : The rising tempest puts in act the soul; Parts it may ravage, but preserves the whole. [feel What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs should The conquering force of unresisted steel ? But... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 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, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs should feel The conquering force of nuresisted steel ?' CANTO... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 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, And hew trinmphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hair should feel The conquering... | |
 | 1826 - 300 pages
...submit to fate ! Steel could the labour of the gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial towers of Troy ; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. [feel What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hair should The conquering force of unresisted steel ? CANTO... | |
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