 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...  The Works of Alexander Pope Esq - Page 154by Alexander Pope - 1751 - 274 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1782 - 516 pages
...So long my honour, name, and praife, (hall live ! * What Time would fpare from fteel receives it's date, ' And monuments, like men, fubmit to fate ! .' Steel could the labour of the gods deftroy, t And ftrike to duft th' imperial tow'rs of Troy ; « Steel • Steel conld the works of mortal pride... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1784 - 320 pages
...which enfued that trial. The other inftance is at the end of the third canto : Steel did the labours of the gods deftroy, And ftrike to duft th' imperial...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... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Literature - 1790 - 462 pages
...my honour, name, and praife fh all live, —Л- - ' What Time would fpare, from fteel receives its date, And monuments, like men, fubmit to fate! Steel...confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then , fair nymph ! thy hairs ihould feel The conqu'ering force of unrefined fteel ? '... | |
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...Pope. So long my honour, name, and praife fhall live, What Time would fpare, from fteel receives its date, And monuments, like men, fubmit to fate! Steel could the labour of the gods defh-oy, And (hike to duft th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...live 1 What Time would fpare, from Steel receives its And monuments, like men. fubmit to fate ! [date, Steel could the labour of the Gods deftroy, And ftrike...confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair Nymph ! thy hairs ihould The conq'ring force of unrefiftcd fteel ? [feel CANTO... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...give, So long my honour, name, and praifc lhall live! What Time would fpare, from Steel receives its date, And monuments, like men, fubmit to fate ! Steel could the labour of the Gods fcftroy, And ftrikc to duft th'impcrial ton 'rs of Troy ; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound,... | |
 | 1792 - 112 pages
...So long my honour , name , and praife shall live ! What time would fpare , from fteel receives its date , And monuments, like men, fubmit to fate! Steel...the Gods deftroy , And ftrike to duft th' imperial towr's of Troy ; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground.... | |
 | 1794 - 918 pages
...n?'n, fubmit to fate! Steel could the labour o. the gods dcilrny. And drike to duft th' imperial powers of Troy ; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder »hen, fair nymph ! thy hairs ftouIJ feel The conquering force of uhreufU'd fteel? CANTO... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 906 pages
...So long n;y honour, name, an J praiic.mall live! 170 What time would fpare, from (leel receives it« date, And monuments, like men, fubmit to fate! Steel could the labour of the gods dcftrey. And ilrike to dull th' imperial power« of Troy ; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound,... | |
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...monuments, like men, fubmit to fate]! [date. Steel could the labour of the Gods deilrov, And ilrike to duft th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the...confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder, then, fair Nymph ! thy hairs flrould The coiHju'riiig force of unrcfiilcd Лес! î £leel... | |
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