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

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

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

Time, too, though in moral sadness wisely called a shadow, has been clothed with terrific attributes, and the sweep of his scythe has shorn the towery diadem of cities.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John