 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
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 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 unresisted steel " ? CANTO... | |
 | 1852 - 874 pages
...men, submit to Fate. Steel could the labor of the gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial powers round The bended twigs take root, and daughters What wonder then, fair nymph! thy hairs should feel The conquering force of unresisted steel ? CANTO... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce - 1854 - 352 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. What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs should feel The conquering force of unresisted steel ? " 1... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 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 unresisted steel 1 CANTO... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 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 unresisted steel ? CANTO... | |
 | 1857 - 1266 pages
...Каре of the Lock." Steel could the labors of the gods destroy And strike to dust the imperial towers of Troy : Steel could the works of mortal pride confound And hew triumphant arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph, thy hairs should feel The conquering... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1859 - 512 pages
...to pitying Heaven are cast, When husbands, or when lapdogs, breathe their last. Again : Steel couUl the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. Again : , She sees, and trembles at th' approaching ill, Just ill the jaws of ruin, and codille. Again... | |
 | William Russell Smith - 1860 - 276 pages
...men, submit to fate; Steel could the labor 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. What wonder then, fair nymph ! my hair should feel The conqu'ring force of unresisted steel f " CHAPTER... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 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 sho-iM foe The conquering force of unresisted steel ?"^ CANTO... | |
 | Gaius Valerius Catullus - 1861 - 256 pages
...submit to fate. Steel could the labours 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 unresisting steel ?... | |
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