 | English poetry - 1885 - 686 pages
...wax-lights in bright order blaze, While nymphs take treats, or assignations give, So long my honor, name, and praise shall live ! What time would spare,...monuments, like men, submit to fate! Steel could the labor of the gods destroy, .And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1885 - 68 pages
...waxlights in bright order blaze, While nymphs take treats, or assignations give, So long my honor, name, and praise shall live ! What time would spare,...its date, And monuments, like men, submit to fate ! 4ao Steel could the labor of the gods destroy, And strike to dust the imperial tow'rs of Troy ; And... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1889 - 634 pages
...wax-lights in bright order blaze, While nymphs take treats, or assignations give, So long my honoui, name, and praise shall live ! What time would spare,...the gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy ; Steel could the w.1rks of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1871 - 542 pages
...bed, 130 While visits shall be paid on solemn days, When num'rous wax-lights in bright order blaze, While nymphs take treats, or assignations give, So...What time would spare, from steel receives its date, 135 And monuments, like men, submit to fate ! Steel did the labour of the gods destroy, And strike... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1890 - 976 pages
...! 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...the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs should feel The conquering force of unresisted steel f" CANTO IV. But anxious cares the pensive nymph... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 pages
...Lady's bed, While visits shall be paid on solemn days, When num'rous wax-lights in bright order blaze, While nymphs take treats, or assignations give, So...the Gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 pages
...lady's bed. While visits shall be paid on solemn days, When numerous wax-lights in bright order blaze, While nymphs take treats, or assignations give, So...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 176 pages
...honour, name, and praise shall live ! 170 \ What time would spare, from steel receives its date, I And monuments, like men, submit to fate ! Steel could...the Gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy ; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, 175 And hew triumphal arches to the... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - English literature - 1893 - 546 pages
...waxlights in bright order blaze, While nymphs take treats, or assignations give, So long my honor, name, and praise shall live ! What time would spare,...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
...lady's bed, While visits shall be paid on solemn days, When num'rous wax-lights in bright order blaze, While nymphs take treats, or assignations give, So...the gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy ; Steel could the w-.rks of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground.... | |
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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 th' imperial powers of Troy ; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal... 
