 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...could the labour of the gods destroy. And strike to dust the imperial towers of Troy ; Sttel coald nimity, a ! thy hairs should feel Tbe conquering force of unresisted steel ?' CANTO IV. ï-1'т anxious cares... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pages
...which ensued that trial. The other instance is at the end of the third canto : — Steel did the labors of the gods destroy, And strike to dust the imperial...confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. Here he most impudently attributes the demolition of Dunkirk, not to the pleasure of her majesty or... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce - English poetry - 1835 - 342 pages
...monuments, like men, 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...confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. Whatwonderthen,fatrnymph! thy hairs should feel The conquering force of unresisted steel ?" 1 A book... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 332 pages
...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...arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs should feel The conquering force of unresisted steel ?' CANTO IV. BUT anxious cares the... | |
 | 1836 - 428 pages
...to Fate. [date, 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. [feel What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs should The conquering force of unresiated steel ? CANTO... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...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...arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs should feel Tho conquering force of unresisted steel8 ? CANTO FOURTH. BUT anxious cares... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...men, submit to Fate. Steel could the labor of the gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial powers ͥ4 ! thy hairs should feel The conquering force of unresisted steel ? CANTO IV. BUT anxious cares the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...submit to fate ! Steel could the labour of the gods destroy, And strike to dust the imperial powers terror and delight, That on its public shows unpeopled Rome, And held, uncrowded, nations in its womb wonderthen, fairnymph ! thy hairs should feel The conquering force of unresisted steel I ONTO IV. BUT... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...men, submit to Fate. Steel could the labor of the gods destroy, And strike to dust th* imperial powers r rain, The laboring hind shall yoke the steer in...threatening winds in tempests roar, Then War shall bathe .' thy hairs should feel The conquering force of unresisted steel '. CANTO IV. BUT anxious cares the... | |
 | Gaius Valerius Catullus - 1845 - 186 pages
...the LocK,— ' 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...arches to the ground. ' What wonder, then, fair nymph ! thy hair should feel ' The conquering force of unresisting steel ?' Canto iii. 173. And in Canto... | |
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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... 
