towery

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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 Pope, Alexander

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)

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