书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第1142章 XV

"Amid the hundred cities of old Crete, Was the Dictaean the most rich and bright;

Of fair and amorous dames the joyous seat, Joyous with festive sports from morn to night:

And (as her townsmen aye were wont to greet The stranger) with such hospitable rite They welcomed these, it little lacked but they Granted them o'er their households sovereign sway.