书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第1026章 VI

A hundred horsemen who the youth surround, Zerbino leads, and bids his followers seize The stripling: like a top, the boy turns round And keeps him as he can: among the trees, Behind oak, elm, beech, ash, he takes his ground, Nor from the cherished load his shoulders frees.

Wearied, at length, the burden he bestowed Upon the grass, and stalked about his load.