 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?  Catullus, Tibullus, and Propertius - Page 90by James Davies - 1876 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1890 - 976 pages
...spare, from steel receives its date; And monuments, like men, submit to fate ! Steel could the labor of the gods destroy, And strike to dust the imperial towers of Troy ; Stcol could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 pages
...take treats, or assignations give, So long my honour, name, and praise, shall live ! 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 the imperial towers of Troy; Steel could the works of... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 pages
...take treats, or assignations give, So long my honour, name, and praise shall live! 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... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - English literature - 1893 - 546 pages
...take treats, or assignations give, So long my honor, name, and praise shall live ! What time would spare, from steel receives its date, And monuments, like men, submit to fate ! 460 Steel could the labor of the gods destroy, And strike to dust the imperial tow'rs of Troy ; Steel... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1895 - 656 pages
...take treats, or assignations give, So long my honour, name, and praise shall live ! 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 w-.rks... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 496 pages
...take treats, or assignations give, So long my honor, name, and praise shall live ! " What time would spare, from steel receives its date, And monuments, like men, submit to fate! POPE'S VILLA AT TWICKENHAM. Photogravure from a photograph. I7,8 Pope left Chlswick, and removed with... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1896 - 794 pages
...Blind to former as to future fate, What mortal knows his pre-existent state ? POPE. What time would spare, from steel receives its date; And monuments, like men, submit to fate. POPE. Wi;h beating hearts the dire event they wait, Anxious and trembling for the birth of fate. POPE.... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - Anthologies - 1897 - 642 pages
...take treats, or assignations give, So long my honor, name, and praise shall live ! " What time would spare, from steel receives its date, And monuments, like 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... | |
 | Louis Du Pont Syle - English poetry - 1897 - 90 pages
...treats, or assignations give, So long my honour, name, and praise shall live ! 170 What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date, And monuments, like men, submit to fate ! o Steel could the labour of the Gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy ; Steel... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1898 - 122 pages
...wreaths of triumph now my temples twine, (The victor cried,) the glorious prize is mine! What time would spare, from steel receives its date, And monuments, like men, submit to fate ! Steel could the labor of the gods destroy, 165 And strike to dust the imperial towers of Troy ; Steel could the works... | |
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