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 1     I|      town defenced with Ilion's tower.~ ~ LXII~Next Stephen of
 2    II|    frame,~Or him that built the tower of Shinaar,~Which threat'
 3   III|        gates lies to the corner tower.~ ~ LXV~The town's third
 4    VI|        now there,~To build this tower, to make that bulwark strong,~
 5   VII|         chiefly shield,~Up to a tower set on a rock he flies,~
 6    IX|      Tokened to them in David's tower that dwell.~ ~ XXII~Before
 7     X|    torment and keep you in this tower,~Or make you birds, or trees
 8    XI|          Clorinda on the corner tower alone,~In silver arms like
 9    XI|        wondrous he addressed,~A tower of wood built for the town'
10    XI|     they this deadly thundering tower:~But Solyman stayed like
11    XI|         With this he pushed the tower, and back it drives~The
12    XI|        left the wall.~ ~ LI~The tower above, the ram beneath doth
13    XI|       walls above, to which the tower doth reach,~His noble heart,
14    XI|       burning pines against the tower they brought,~So from the
15    XI|      fortress laid;~Then to the tower he went, and it beheeld,~
16    XI|       went, and it beheeld,~The tower that late the Pagan lords
17    XI|      LXXXV~Such hap befell that tower, for on that side~Gainst
18    XI|       thousand lights about the tower they view,~And what they
19   XII|      and ward,~While their high tower the workmen newly dressed,~
20   XII|     wend, and burn or break~The tower, God grant therein I have
21   XII|  undertake to burn the wondrous tower,~And I with him, only we
22   XII|      well-guarded is the mighty tower~With hardy troops and squadrons
23   XII|       room of thee,~And for the tower wherein she lay enclosed,~
24   XII|      kindled fire destroyed the tower."~Tancred at her proud words
25  XIII|         ashes cold,~The smoking tower fell on the scorched grass,~
26  XIII|        builded new his dreadful tower,~And reared high his down-fallen
27    XV|         our days,~And Pharaoh's tower and isle removed of yore~
28 XVIII|       bulwark, turret, port and tower,~And fortified the plain
29 XVIII|    there attend,~While my great tower from thence shall nimbly
30 XVIII|      from me shalt rear~Another tower, close to the walls ybrought."~
31 XVIII|    seeing feared,~How the great tower stood not where late it
32 XVIII|         That her broad side the tower wide open throws,~Her joints
33 XVIII|         it wears~Could save the tower, in such distress it stood;~
34 XVIII|         and lock,~When from the tower, which Ismen could not shun,~
35 XVIII|         than steeple, church or tower;~The Pagans trembled to
36 XVIII|     proud Argantes, brought his tower so nigh,~That on the wall,
37 XVIII|      most.~ ~ CIII~Besides, the tower upon that quarter found~
38   XIX|       and Soldan fly~To David's tower, and save their persons
39   XIX| engineer thou dost appear,~That tower, that troop, thy shield
40   XIX|       to the fort which David's tower is named,~And with him all
41   XIX|       less doubt, no fear,~This tower, our foe's weak hope and
42   XIX|          but round besiege this tower,~That those within may have
43   XIX|   settled, firm and stable,~The tower shall yield, or but resist
44    XX|         king quits the besieged tower;~Yet both are slain, and
45    XX|         bold troop that had the tower to keep~Espied a sudden
46    XX|      The Soldan clomb up to the tower's height,~And saw far off
47    XX|       had; so falls a thundered tower.~ ~ CIV~With horror, fear,
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