towery

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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

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

A window space Just from their towery refuge let them look Over familiar earth now tranced.

From Preludes 1921-1922 by Drinkwater, John

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