书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第1027章 VII

As in her rocky cavern the she-bear, With whom close warfare Alpine hunters wage, Uncertain hangs about her shaggy care, And growls in mingled sound of love and rage, To unsheath her claws, and blood her tushes bare, Would natural hate and wrath the beast engage;

Love softens her, and bids from strife retire, And for her offspring watch, amid her ire.