towery

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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

Exalt thy towery head, and lift thy eyes!

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

Thus having said, the glorious chief resumes His towery helmet black with shading plumes.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

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

Far in the north Himálaya, lifting high His towery summits till they cleave the sky, Spans the wide land from east to western sea, Lord of the hills, instinct with deity.

From The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa by Kalidasa