towery

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Haste, my brother flood; And check this mortal that controls a god; Our bravest heroes else shall quit the fight, And Ilion tumble from her towery height.

From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander

This said, his sea-green steeds divide the foam, And reach high Aegae and the towery dome.

From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander

Exalt thy towery head, and lift thy eyes!

From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by Gilfillan, George

Meanwhile, ere yet on Stockholm's towery height The morning-planet shed its trembling light, A troop, with Bernheirn, thro' the portals past, Whose polish'd arms a glimmering splendor cast.

From Gustavus Vasa and other poems by Walker, William Sidney

He saw, and gently rose above the stream; His shining horns diffuse a golden gleam: With pearl and gold his towery front was dress'd, The tributes of the distant East and West.

From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by Gilfillan, George