 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 152by Alexander Pope, William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester) - 1751Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1712 - 344 pages
...SteeJ #d the Labour of the Gods deftroy, And ftrike to Duft th'afpiringTow'rs of Trey j Steel cou'd the Works of mortal Pride confound, And hew Triumphal Arches to the ground. Wljat Wonder then, fair Nymph ! thy Hairs ihou'd ffeel The conquering Force of unrefined Sted? •... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1717 - 408 pages
...give, So long my honour, name, and praife ihall live! What Time wou'd fpare, fromfteel 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 Ihou'd feel The conquering force of unrefifted fteel ? THE... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Literary Criticism - 1720
...fhall live! What time wou'd fpare, fnam feel receives its date, And monu'inents, like meai,.fubiBit»o fate! Steel could the labour of the Gods deftroy,...ftrike to duft th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel Steel could the works of mortal pride confound,. And hew triumphal arches to the ground. . '. What... | |
 | English poetry - 1722
...give, So long my honour, name, and praife {ball live! What time wou'd fpare , from fteel receives its date, And monuments , like men, fubmit to fate ! Steel...deftroy, And ftrike to duft th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; 97. Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1723 - 32 pages
...is at the End of the Third Canto. Steel did the Labours of the Gods deftroy, Andftrike to Ttufi fh' Imperial Tow'rs of Troy. Steel could the Works of...confound, And hew Triumphal Arches to the Ground. Here he mod impudently attributes the Demolition of 'Dunkirk, not to the Pleafure of her M y, or her... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Warburton - 1751
...Semper bonoi, nomenqut taunt lauttefque manekunt, Virg. What Time would fpare, from Steel receives its date, And monuments, like men, fubmit to fate ! Steel could the labour of the Gods deftroy, Andftrike to dull ch' imperial tow'rs of Troy ; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754
...fentiment, which well lifted the debauched tafie of the better vulgar. Vn. 163, I70. IM 1 TAT, I 0 N S. Steel could the labour of the Gods deftroy, And ftrike...; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, 175 And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs mould feel The... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Warburton - 1757
...170. Dum juga mentis aper, fluvios dum pifcis amabit, Semper honos, nomenquetuum,laudef<juemanebuut. Steel could the labour of the Gods deftroy, And ftrike...Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, 175 And hew triumphal arches to the ground. "What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs fhould feel,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1757
...the third Canto. Steel did the labours of the gods deftroy, And ftriketo duft th'imperial tow'rsof Troy. Steel could the works of mortal pride 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester) - 1760
...manebuntr. ' What Time would fpare, from Steel receives it8 date, And monuments, like men, fubmit to fate f Steel could the labour of the Gods deftroy, And ftrike to duft th' imperial tow'rs of Troy j Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. 1 76 What... | |
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