towery
AmericanEtymology
Origin of towery
Example Sentences
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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 William Sidney Walker
This said, his sea-green steeds divide the foam, And reach high Aegae and the towery dome.
From The Odyssey by Alexander Pope
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
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 Alexander Pope
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