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towery

[tou-uh-ree] / ˈtaʊ ə ri /


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When now Minerva saw her Argives slain, From vast Olympus to the gleaming plain Fierce she descends: Apollo marked her flight, Nor shot less swift from Ilion's towery height.

From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander

Twice by your favour is Himálaya blest,— This towery mountain that your feet have prest, And this my moving form is happier still To wait your bidding, to perform your will.

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

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

Exalt thy towery head, and lift thy eyes!

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

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




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