 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
 | William Russell Smith - Washington (D.C.) - 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... | |
 | 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 ?... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 348 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 - 1867 - 520 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...submit to fate. 171 Steel could the labour of the gods destrov, 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 ? ' But... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...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...confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. . What wonder then, fair nymph! thy hairs should feel, The conqu'ring force of unresisted steel? 1... | |
 | Ernest Bernbaum - English poetry - 1918 - 422 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?' FROM... | |
 | Vida Dutton Scudder - English poetry - 1919 - 572 pages
...fate! Steel could the labor of the gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; 75 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 conqu'ring force of unresisted steel?" CANTO... | |
 | Sir Henry John Newbolt - English literature - 1922 - 1032 pages
...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...confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs should feel The conqu'ring force of unresisted steel 51 But... | |
 | Karl Pomeroy Harrington - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1923 - 270 pages
...monuments, like men, submit to fate! Steel could the labor oj the gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works...confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph! thy hairs should feel The conqu'ring force of unresisted steel? " [ No... | |
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