Read full poem →But, like a fortress on a rock,
The impregnable disease their vain attempts did mock;
They mined it near, they battered from afar
Dictionary Entry
(of a fortress, wall, etc., also used figuratively) Too strong to be penetrated.
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Poetry examples for “impregnable”
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Read full poem →Ah! cease, Irene, cease those flowing sorrows,
That melt a heart impregnable till now,
And turn thy thoughts, henceforth, to love and empire.
Read full poem →castle, to beat them down. So after some time, labour, and travail, the
gate of the castle that was called Impregnable was beaten open, and
broken into several splinters, and so a way made to go up to the hold in
Read full poem →In my new Democratic chants—keeping you for a close,
For last impregnable retreat—a citadel and tower,
For my last stand—my pealing, final cry.
Read full poem →Against the wrackful siege of battering days,
When rocks impregnable are not so stout,
Nor gates of steel so strong but Time decays?